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Name Team Age
Gus Baker Retired (2004, Age 35) 60
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 55
(1986)		 SS R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Keller Stargell League 0 10 years (47 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A- B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B- B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ A- D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D+ C 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A  A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 11/2/1968
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 2
Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (99.8 %) A+ (98.8 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1986 Minors 54.00 10 / 10 6 / 6 7 / 8 6 / 7 11 / 12 6 / 6 5 / 5 51 / 54
1987 Minors 32.00 7 / 7 3 / 3 2 / 4 3 / 4 3 / 3 5 / 5 6 / 6 29 / 32
1988 Minors 47.00 2 / 4 6 / 8 6 / 7 2 / 6 6 / 9 7 / 7 4 / 6 33 / 47
1989 Minors 60.00 7 / 7 4 / 5 6 / 10 11 / 17 3 / 5 8 / 9 5 / 7 44 / 60
1989 Majors 0.49 4 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1990 Minors 58.00 8 / 11 1 / 4 4 / 9 2 / 6 5 / 9 6 / 11 5 / 8 31 / 58
1990 Pos (C) 27.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 27
1991 Minors 42.00 4 / 7 1 / 5 3 / 7 3 / 8 0 / 1 2 / 5 7 / 9 20 / 42
1991 Majors 6.54 27 4 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 2 4 / 6
1991 Pos (C) 62.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 62
1992 Minors 43.00 3 / 5 4 / 5 0 / 4 5 / 14 3 / 8 1 / 4 2 / 3 18 / 43
1993 Minors 44.00 2 / 6 3 / 5 0 / 4 2 / 5 4 / 11 4 / 6 3 / 7 18 / 44
1993 Pos (2B) 40.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 18 / 40
1994 Majors 31.50 162 32 0 0 / 4 2 / 6 3 / 3 1 / 8 0 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 5 9 / 31
1995 Majors 28.21 135 25 27 0 / 3 0 / 1 4 / 7 1 / 5 1 / 4 1 / 3 1 / 5 8 / 28
1996 Majors 41.33 162 53 0 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 6 2 / 8 0 / 3 3 / 41
1997 Majors 43.80 162 63 0 1 / 6 0 / 4 1 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 10 1 / 10 3 / 43
1998 Majors 44.33 118 76 44 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 44
1999 Majors 47.23 162 72 0 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 7 2 / 3 0 / 8 2 / 47
2000 Majors 33.70 134 43 28 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 1 1 / 33
2001 Majors 35.54 162 43 0 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 35
2002 Majors 30.25 162 29 0 -4 / 2 -6 / 2 -6 / 9 -1 / 5 -4 / 5 -1 / 3 -2 / 4 -24 / 30
2003 Minors 10.00 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 10
2003 Majors 16.27 104 16 0 -5 / 0 -5 / 2 -6 / 2 -5 / 1 -5 / 6 -1 / 2 -1 / 3 -28 / 16
2004 Majors 27.02 158 28 0 -2 / 3 -6 / 1 -5 / 4 -2 / 5 -5 / 6 -2 / 2 -2 / 6 -24 / 27
Total 1652 484 99 33 / 104 14 / 82 19 / 126 28 / 127 25 / 116 43 / 105 38 / 111 221 / 900
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2004-11-01Gus Baker has retired from the Texas Bombers
2004-04-05The Texas Bombers have acquired Gus Baker from the waiver wire.
2004-03-01The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have designated Mark Shaw for assignment. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have designated Gus Baker for assignment.
2003-09-26The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have removed Gus Baker from the trade block.
2003-06-26The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Gus Baker to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have designated Spencer Sandlock for assignment.
2003-04-25The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Surfboard Chairman to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have designated Gus Baker for assignment.
2003-04-04The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have placed Gus Baker on the trade block.
2003-04-04The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have re-claimed Gus Baker from the waiver wire.
2003-03-13The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted George Sanford to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have designated Gus Baker for assignment.
2000-06-29Gus Baker of the Tampa Bay Wave Riders is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1998-05-21Gus Baker of the Tampa Bay Wave Riders is injured and is expected to be out 50 days.
1995-08-03Gus Baker of the Tampa Bay Wave Riders is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1994-09-02The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have removed Gus Baker from the trade block.
1994-04-01The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Gus Baker to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Santiago Maya to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have designated Tuck Pena for assignment. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have designated Neal Heaton for assignment.
1993-04-01The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have placed Gus Baker on the trade block.
1991-10-02The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent Gus Baker to the minors. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent Santiago Maya to the minors.
1991-09-02The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Gus Baker to the major league team.
1989-04-22The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Eight Feet Sammy to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent Gus Baker to the minors.
1989-04-18The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Gus Baker to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent Jacob Bahama to the minors.
1989-04-05The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have acquired Gus Baker from the waiver wire.
1989-04-01The Baltimore Dirty Soxs have waived Gus Baker.
1989-03-07Trade #1556931 has been completed between the Tampa Bay Wave Riders and the Baltimore Dirty Soxs. The Baltimore Dirty Soxs receive Wally Mesner, Gus Baker, MC Hawk Jones, Draft Pick 1989 Round 2 TB (Tommy Chartak) from the Tampa Bay Wave Riders in exchange for Babe Finney, Draft Pick 1989 Round 1 BAL (Big Time Samba).
1989-03-03The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Gus Baker to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Eight Feet Sammy to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent MC Hawk Jones to the minors.
1988-07-15The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have acquired Gus Baker from the waiver wire.
1988-07-11The Montreal Fire Ants have waived Gus Baker.