MLB / Players

Norm Baker

BornOctober 14, 1862 · Philadelphia, PA, USA
MLB debutMay 21, 1883
Final gameAugust 30, 1890
Seasons3 (1883–1890)

Pittsburg Alleghenys 1883; Louisville Colonels 1885; Baltimore Orioles 1890

Percentile snapshot

1885 season — qualified pitchers

G
25
28.6
GS
24
31
W
13
42.9
L
12
71.4
SV
0
0
CG
24
31
SHO
1
21.4
H
210
76.2
ER
82
73.8
BB
69
35.7
SO
79
26.2
HR
3
71.4
IP
217.0
33.3
ERA
3.40
35.7
WHIP
1.286
23.8
K/9
3.28
31
FIP
3.63
11.9
FIP-
111.9
16.7
ERA+
95.4
42.9
sWAR
1.7
35.7

of 43 qualified 1885 pitchers (min 112 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.9
69.6

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
1883412121000010000.000.000.000.000-40.6-100.0.0000.0
1885259087151820052000.207.233.230.46360.746.7.2191.7
18902870000000000.000.125.000.125-18.8-63.1.0980.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18833302020247115019.03.321.8422.374.47135.599.40.0
18852524131202412108269793217.03.401.2863.283.63111.995.41.7
18902211010146610016.03.381.2505.633.0278.2114.50.2

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
31
PA
110
AB
106
R
16
H
18
2B
2
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
6
BB
2
SO
0
SB
0
BA
.1698
OBP
.2000
SLG
.1887
OPS
.3887

Pitching

G (P)
30
GS
29
W
14
L
15
SV
0
CG
27
SHO
1
IP
252
SO (P)
94
BB allowed
86
ERA
3.393
WHIP
1.3254
K/9
3.36

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.