---

Show modern player card

Name	Team	Age
Joe Baker	Retired (1971, Age 34)	Died (2020, Age 83)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 24 (1958)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mel Ott League	0	0 years (156 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	C+	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D	D+	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	A	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	F	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A+	0	3/4/1937
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
A- (80.8 %)	F  (0.0 %)	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

1958

Minors

3.00

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 3

1958

Majors

40.38

4 / 7

5 / 7

2 / 8

3 / 6

1 / 2

4 / 8

0 / 2

19 / 40

1959

Minors

8.00

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

1 / 2

3 / 8

1959

Majors

10.71

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 1

5 / 10

1960

Minors

10.00

0 / 0

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 1

4 / 10

1961

Minors

9.00

0 / 1

2 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

2 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 0

6 / 9

1964

Majors

10.00

1 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 1

1 / 10

1965

Majors

14.00

1 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 4

2 / 14

1966

Majors

1.40

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1967

Majors

18.00

1 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 4

1 / 2

2 / 18

1968

Majors

17.00

0 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 17

1969

Majors

15.00

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 15

1970

Majors

17.00

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 4

1 / 17

1971

Majors

19.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 19

Total

0

0

0

9 / 33

10 / 27

4 / 22

5 / 20

9 / 24

6 / 37

4 / 28

47 / 191

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1971-11-01	Joe Baker has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1966-05-09	The Boston Tridentines have waived Joe Baker.
1966-05-05	The Boston Tridentines have designated Joe Baker for assignment.
1966-04-19	The Boston Tridentines have promoted Joe Baker to the major league team.
1966-04-19	The Boston Tridentines have acquired Joe Baker from the waiver wire.
1962-04-01	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have waived Joe Baker.
1961-04-01	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Joe Baker to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have designated Kiaba King for assignment.
1960-04-05	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have acquired Joe Baker from the waiver wire.
1960-04-01	The Washington Originalist have waived Joe Baker.
1960-03-01	A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Sex Pistols and the Washington Originalist. The Washington Originalist receive Jason Batiste, Joe Baker from the Cincinnati Sex Pistols in exchange for Bill Hurst.
1959-05-30	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Hal Bando to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Joe Baker to the minors.
1959-05-21	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Joe Baker to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Jake Ramirez to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Hal Bando to the minors. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Big Lebowski to the minors.
1959-04-26	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Joe Baker down to the minors.
1958-06-03	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Joe Baker to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Cal Shaw to the minors.
1958-04-25	A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Sex Pistols and the Brooklyn Bangers. The Brooklyn Bangers receive Jay Williams from the Cincinnati Sex Pistols in exchange for Joe Baker, Mike Lemongello.