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Name	Team	Age
Gene Baker	Retired (1997, Age 35)	Died (2022, Age 60)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 39 (1980)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League	0	8 years (131 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C-	C+	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	C+	C+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	5/4/1962
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (97.0 %)	A+ (96.8 %)	D+ (21.4 %)

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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

1980

Minors

26.00

5 / 5

1 / 1

5 / 5

5 / 5

4 / 4

3 / 3

1 / 3

24 / 26

1980

Pos (2B)

9.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

4 / 9

1981

Minors

45.00

1 / 1

4 / 4

4 / 6

4 / 6

7 / 9

4 / 9

3 / 10

27 / 45

1981

Pos (2B)

30.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

15 / 30

1982

Minors

37.00

5 / 5

6 / 6

3 / 4

3 / 4

5 / 6

3 / 7

3 / 5

28 / 37

1982

Pos (2B)

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1983

Minors

42.00

6 / 6

5 / 6

8 / 10

6 / 10

4 / 6

1 / 2

1 / 2

31 / 42

1983

Pos (SS)

18.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 18

1984

Minors

22.00

1 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 2

5 / 6

2 / 3

3 / 5

2 / 3

15 / 22

1984

Majors

0.52

5

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1984

Pos (3B)

43.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

17 / 43

1985

Minors

20.00

0 / 0

5 / 7

0 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 4

8 / 20

1986

Minors

30.00

0 / 0

5 / 8

2 / 5

1 / 4

0 / 5

1 / 4

3 / 4

12 / 30

1987

Majors

37.70

122

38

40

5 / 7

4 / 4

1 / 5

0 / 1

4 / 5

1 / 11

1 / 4

16 / 37

1988

Majors

42.63

154

41

8

2 / 5

4 / 9

4 / 7

3 / 8

2 / 5

0 / 4

1 / 4

16 / 42

1989

Majors

50.46

162

58

0

0 / 6

3 / 10

2 / 8

3 / 9

0 / 2

1 / 6

2 / 9

11 / 50

1990

Majors

44.66

162

43

0

3 / 8

1 / 6

0 / 4

1 / 8

0 / 5

1 / 8

0 / 5

6 / 44

1991

Majors

44.25

130

66

32

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 6

1 / 8

0 / 5

1 / 44

1992

Majors

49.21

162

63

0

0 / 4

0 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 3

1 / 9

2 / 49

1993

Majors

52.21

162

86

0

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 12

1 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 52

1994

Majors

35.03

162

38

0

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 2

1 / 35

1995

Minors

8.00

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 8

1995

Majors

2.87

27

1

0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 2

1996

Majors

37.68

162

42

0

-3 / 1

-1 / 7

-6 / 5

-3 / 4

-6 / 6

-3 / 8

-3 / 6

-25 / 37

1997

Majors

1.59

9

1

0

-2 / 0

-1 / 0

-4 / 0

-5 / 1

-5 / 0

-2 / 0

-1 / 0

-20 / 1

Total

1419

477

80

24 / 65

38 / 98

21 / 91

24 / 97

19 / 92

16 / 98

14 / 82

195 / 724

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1997-11-01	Gene Baker has retired from the Baltimore NattyBohs
1997-09-29	The Baltimore NattyBohs have promoted Dave Payne to the major league team. The Baltimore NattyBohs have promoted Gene Baker to the major league team. The Baltimore NattyBohs have promoted Tuck Callahan to the major league team.
1997-09-29	The Baltimore NattyBohs have acquired Gene Baker from the waiver wire.
1997-04-18	The Cleveland Twins have waived Gene Baker.
1997-04-12	The Cleveland Twins have designated Gene Baker for assignment.
1997-04-05	The Cleveland Twins have promoted Gene Baker to the major league team. The Cleveland Twins have waived Cap Clark. The Cleveland Twins have waived Vive Gagliano.
1997-03-03	The Cleveland Twins have promoted Ron Kline to the major league team. The Cleveland Twins have promoted George Perez to the major league team. The Cleveland Twins have designated Gene Baker for assignment.
1996-04-01	The Cleveland Twins have promoted Nelson Figueroa to the major league team. The Cleveland Twins have promoted Gene Baker to the major league team. The Cleveland Twins have promoted Willie Behrman to the major league team. The Cleveland Twins have sent Marty Hughes to the minors. The Cleveland Twins have sent Cap Clark to the minors. The Cleveland Twins have sent Ron Kline to the minors.
1996-03-01	The Cleveland Twins have acquired Gene Baker from the waiver wire.
1995-08-03	The Baltimore NattyBohs have waived Gene Baker.
1995-07-25	The Baltimore NattyBohs have designated Gene Baker for assignment.
1995-06-23	The Baltimore NattyBohs have promoted Gene Baker to the major league team.
1995-06-23	The Baltimore NattyBohs have acquired Gene Baker from the waiver wire.
1995-04-25	The New York Highlanders have waived Gene Baker.
1995-04-01	The New York Highlanders have promoted Whammy Hinkle to the major league team. The New York Highlanders have designated Gene Baker for assignment.
1991-05-27	Gene Baker of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1991-04-20	Gene Baker of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1988-06-20	Gene Baker of the New York Bronx Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1987-04-20	Gene Baker of the New York Bronx Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1987-04-01	The New York Bronx Bombers have promoted Gene Baker to the major league team.
1985-03-03	The New York Bronx Bombers have sent Gene Baker to the minors.
1984-09-27	The New York Bronx Bombers have promoted Gene Baker to the major league team.