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Name	Team	Age
Art Baker	Retired (1986, Age 34)	Died (2023, Age 71)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 56 (1974)	3B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Santo Rodriguez League	0	6 years (161 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B-	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B+	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	7/23/1952
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (LF)
A+ (98.6 %)	A  (90.8 %)	B- (56.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1974

Majors

34.57

149

49

12

3 / 3

2 / 3

5 / 6

6 / 8

6 / 6

1 / 4

4 / 4

27 / 34

1975

Majors

48.25

154

77

8

1 / 4

4 / 4

5 / 7

7 / 11

4 / 5

7 / 11

3 / 6

31 / 48

1976

Majors

42.84

162

54

0

6 / 8

4 / 4

4 / 4

3 / 5

7 / 9

5 / 9

1 / 3

30 / 42

1977

Majors

46.44

162

61

0

4 / 9

3 / 3

4 / 10

2 / 9

5 / 8

2 / 4

2 / 3

22 / 46

1978

Majors

57.19

162

98

0

2 / 6

5 / 13

1 / 5

6 / 11

2 / 7

1 / 6

6 / 9

23 / 57

1979

Majors

21.33

162

4

0

0 / 1

1 / 3

2 / 4

1 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 5

4 / 21

1980

Majors

19.39

162

3

0

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 19

1981

Minors

52.00

1 / 9

1 / 5

1 / 10

1 / 5

1 / 4

1 / 12

1 / 7

7 / 52

1982

Minors

67.00

4 / 8

1 / 7

1 / 6

4 / 12

2 / 9

4 / 11

0 / 14

16 / 67

1983

Majors

10.00

0 / 0

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 10

1984

Majors

10.00

0 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 10

1985

Majors

20.00

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 20

1986

Majors

8.00

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 8

Total

1113

346

20

21 / 59

23 / 51

23 / 60

30 / 72

27 / 65

22 / 68

17 / 59

163 / 434

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1986-11-01	Art Baker has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1983-04-01	The Oakland Athletics have waived Art Baker.
1981-04-01	The Oakland Athletics have promoted Jimy Moyer to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Chris Pierzynski to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Rudy Cano to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Steve Bomback to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have designated Adam Barton for assignment. The Oakland Athletics have designated Jarrod Battle for assignment. The Oakland Athletics have designated Art Baker for assignment.
1975-07-04	Art Baker of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1974-06-10	Art Baker of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1974-04-02	The Oakland Athletics have auto-promoted Art Baker to the major leagues.