MLB / Players

Kirtley Baker

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 160 lb
BornJune 24, 1869 · Aurora, IN, USA
MLB debutMay 7, 1890
Final gameJune 14, 1899
Seasons5 (1890–1899)

Pittsburg Alleghenys 1890; Baltimore Orioles 1893–1894; Washington Senators 1898–1899

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified pitchers

G
25
17.1
GS
21
19.5
W
3
2.4
L
19
23.2
SV
0
0
CG
19
17.1
SHO
2
61
H
209
74.4
ER
111
51.2
BB
86
73.2
SO
76
29.3
HR
11
17.1
IP
178.3
14.6
ERA
5.60
4.9
WHIP
1.654
14.6
K/9
3.84
64.6
FIP
4.40
22
FIP-
123.4
1.2
ERA+
63.6
0
sWAR
-1.9
1.2

of 83 qualified 1890 pitchers (min 138 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-4.4
0.1

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1890268068610000010610.147.275.147.42248.423.8.235-1.9
189319655791711068610.298.385.351.73599.795.8.363-1.8
18942440000000100.000.000.000.000-75.3-100.0.000-0.4
1898621183501033400.278.381.389.770120.6120.3.3790.9
18991220191300011600.158.200.158.3588.5-1.4.182-1.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
189025213190192209111867611178.35.601.6543.844.40123.463.6-1.9
1893151238080138865826591.78.442.1382.555.45116.955.2-1.8
18941001000152000.00.0-0.4
189865230405616187147.03.061.5741.343.89108.1117.60.9
1899116170307941226354.06.831.8701.004.99129.856.3-1.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
65
PA
190
AB
166
R
19
H
35
2B
1
3B
2
HR
0
RBI
10
BB
22
SO
23
SB
2
BA
.2108
OBP
.3105
SLG
.2410
OPS
.5515

Pitching

G (P)
58
GS
44
W
9
L
38
SV
0
CG
34
SHO
2
IP
371
SO (P)
115
BB allowed
186
ERA
6.283
WHIP
1.8032
K/9
2.79

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.