Steve Baker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 30, 1956 in Eugene, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 18th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Monte Vista HS (Spring Valley, CA).

High Schools: Monte Vista HS (Danville, CA), Monte Vista HS (Spring Valley, CA)

Schools: Grossmont College (El Cajon, CA), University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)

Debut: May 25, 1978 (Age 21-268d, 14,040th in major league history)
vs. BAL 6.1 IP, 8 H, 6 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1983 (Age 27-028d)
vs. MON 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Steven Byrne Baker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.6

ERA

5.13

237.0

131

WHIP

1.641

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1976	19	DET-min	A	5	4	.556	2.51	19	17		5	2	0	97.0	83	38	27	1	61	2	60	2	3	7				1.485	7.7	0.1	5.7	5.6	0.98	LAK FLOR
1977	20	DET-min	AA	4	5	.444	4.30	15	8		2	0	0	69.0	65	44	33	2	35	1	71	7	1	4				1.449	8.5	0.3	4.6	9.3	2.03	MTG SOUL
1978	21	DET-min	AAA	8	1	.889	3.21	16	16		4	3	0	101.0	93	39	36	3	53	0	87	5	0	4				1.446	8.3	0.3	4.7	7.8	1.64	EVN AA
1978	21	DET	AL	2	4	.333	4.55	15	10	1	0	0	0	63.1	66	37	32	6	42	0	39	0	0	6	289	85	4.57	1.705	9.4	0.9	6.0	5.5	0.93
1979	22	DET-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.71	5	3		0	0	0	14.0	18	13	12	1	10	1	15	2	0	1				2.000	11.6	0.6	6.4	9.6	1.50	EVN AA
1979	22	DET	AL	1	7	.125	6.64	21	12	2	0	0	1	84.0	97	63	62	13	51	2	54	6	2	7	392	66	5.49	1.762	10.4	1.4	5.5	5.8	1.06

1980	23	TOR-DET-min	AAA	7	8	.467	4.02	26	22		6	0	0	141.0	136	74	63	9	91	2	72	11	2	4				1.610	8.7	0.6	5.8	4.6	0.79	SYR,EVN IL,AA
1981	24	TOR-min	AAA	8	14	.364	4.56	30	26	2	5	1	0	160.0	170	94	81	13	77	0	79	3	0	9				1.544	9.6	0.7	4.3	4.4	1.03	SYR IL
1982	25	OAK-min	AAA	13	5	.722	2.48	23	22	0	9	3	0	163.0	147	65	45	6	68	3	79	5	1	2				1.319	8.1	0.3	3.8	4.4	1.16	TAC PCL
1982	25	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	4.56	5	3	2	0	0	0	25.2	30	14	13	3	4	0	14	0	0	0	110	85	3.61	1.325	10.5	1.1	1.4	4.9	3.50
1983	26	OAK-min	AAA	4	9	.308	4.55	13	13	0	6	1	0	85.0	75	49	43	6	30	2	67	3	0	4				1.235	7.9	0.6	3.2	7.1	2.23	TAC PCL
1983	26	TOT	MLB	3	4	.429	3.94	43	1	21	0	0	5	64.0	69	36	28	4	30	5	24	3	0	6	287	98	4.36	1.547	9.7	0.6	4.2	3.4	0.80
1983	26	OAK	AL	3	3	.500	4.33	35	1	18	0	0	5	54.0	59	32	26	4	26	4	23	2	0	3	244	89	4.42	1.574	9.8	0.7	4.3	3.8	0.88
1983	26	STL	NL	0	1	.000	1.80	8	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	10	4	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	3	43	211	4.06	1.400	9.0	0.0	3.6	0.9	0.25
1984	27	STL-min	AAA	10	9	.526	4.35	28	25	1	10	0	0	171.2	186	91	83	17	52	1	86	4	1	3				1.386	9.8	0.9	2.7	4.5	1.65	LOU AA
1985	28	MON-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.91	27	27	0	8	0	0	181.2	200	99	79	14	68	3	90	5	1	4				1.475	9.9	0.7	3.4	4.5	1.32	INA AA
1986	29	LAD-min	AAA	6	12	.333	6.21	27	21	5	2	0	1	126.0	174	99	87	9	39	2	65	2	2	3				1.690	12.4	0.6	2.8	4.6	1.67	ABQ PCL
4 Yrs				7	16	.304	5.13	84	26	26	0	0	6	237.0	262	150	135	26	127	7	131	9	2	19	1078	79	4.74	1.641	9.9	1.0	4.8	5.0	1.03
162 Game Avg.				4	10	.304	5.13	52	16	16	0	0	4	147	162	93	83	16	79	4	81	6	1	12	666	79	4.74	1.641	9.9	1.0	4.8	5.0	1.03

OAK (2 yrs)				4	4	.500	4.41	40	4	20	0	0	5	79.2	89	46	39	7	30	4	37	2	0	3	354	88	4.16	1.494	10.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.23
DET (2 yrs)				3	11	.214	5.74	36	22	3	0	0	1	147.1	163	100	94	19	93	2	93	6	2	13	681	72	5.10	1.738	10.0	1.2	5.7	5.7	1.00
STL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	1.80	8	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	10	4	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	3	43	211	4.06	1.400	9.0	0.0	3.6	0.9	0.25

AL (4 yrs)				7	15	.318	5.27	76	26	23	0	0	6	227.0	252	146	133	26	123	6	130	8	2	16	1035	77	4.77	1.652	10.0	1.0	4.9	5.2	1.06
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	1.80	8	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	10	4	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	3	43	211	4.06	1.400	9.0	0.0	3.6	0.9	0.25

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