MLB / Players

Scott Baker

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 215 lb

BornSeptember 19, 1981 · Shreveport, LA, USA

MLB debutMay 7, 2005

Final gameMay 2, 2015

Seasons10 (2005–2015)

Minnesota Twins 2005–2011; Chicago Cubs 2013; Texas Rangers 2014; Los Angeles Dodgers 2015

Percentile snapshot

2010 season — qualified pitchers

8.8

12.1

38.5

65.9

SHO

186

57.1

40.7

90.1

148

47.3

28.6

170.3

5.5

ERA

4.49

17.6

WHIP

1.344

31.9

K/9

7.82

72.5

FIP

3.93

FIP-

95.2

49.5

ERA+

91.9

18.7

sWAR

1.0

18.7

of 92 qualified 2010 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

99.4

sWAR

10.2

87.2

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2005	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.1
2006	16	3	3	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-120.5	-100.0	.000	-0.9
2007	24	6	6	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-116.5	-100.0	.000	1.5
2008	28	5	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	179.1	170.8	.452	3.3
2009	33	6	6	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123.6	-100.0	.000	2.1
2010	29	4	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-127.8	-100.0	.000	1.0
2011	23	5	5	0	2	1	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	177.7	171.8	.434	2.8
2013	3	4	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-138.6	-100.0	.000	0.1
2014	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-130.2	-100.0	.000	-0.7
2015	2	4	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-130.0	-100.0	.000	-0.2

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
2005	10	9	3	3	0	0	48	20	14	32	5	53.7	3.35	1.155	5.37	3.85	88.0	130.6	1.1
2006	16	16	5	8	0	0	114	59	16	62	17	83.3	6.37	1.560	6.70	5.04	112.5	70.3	-0.9
2007	24	23	9	9	2	1	162	68	29	102	15	143.7	4.26	1.329	6.39	3.96	91.0	102.1	1.5
2008	28	28	11	4	0	0	161	66	42	141	20	172.3	3.45	1.178	7.36	3.82	89.8	123.4	3.3
2009	33	33	15	9	1	1	190	97	48	162	28	200.0	4.37	1.190	7.29	4.12	93.4	101.2	2.1
2010	29	29	12	9	0	0	186	85	43	148	23	170.3	4.49	1.344	7.82	3.93	95.2	91.9	1.0
2011	23	21	8	6	1	0	126	47	32	123	15	134.7	3.14	1.173	8.22	3.48	86.1	128.8	2.8
2013	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	6	4	6	3	15.0	3.60	.867	3.60	5.62	148.0	105.5	0.1
2014	25	8	3	4	0	0	82	49	14	55	15	80.7	5.47	1.190	6.14	4.81	123.4	71.3	-0.7
2015	2	2	0	1	0	0	11	7	3	8	4	11.0	5.73	1.273	6.55	7.25	194.3	65.2	-0.2

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

193

RBI

.0938

OBP

.0938

SLG

.1250

OPS

.2188

Pitching

G (P)

193

172

SHO

1,065

SO (P)

839

BB allowed

245

ERA

4.260

WHIP

1.2530

348th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

7.09

197th-highest career K/9

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.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	TB
2011-05-21	MIN @ AZ Gameday	2	0	1	1	2
2008-06-26	MIN @ SD Gameday	1	1	1	0	1
2011-06-24	MIN @ MIL Gameday	3	0	1	0	1
2006-05-20	MIN @ MIL Gameday	3	0	0	0	0
2007-05-19	MIN @ MIL Gameday	4	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2010-06-16	COL @ MIN Gameday	7.0	2	0	0	1	12	0
2011-06-18	SD @ MIN Gameday	8.0	4	0	0	1	10	0
2009-06-04	CLE @ MIN Gameday	7.0	6	3	2	1	10	1
2007-08-31	KC @ MIN Gameday	9.0	1	0	0	1	9	0
2011-06-29	LAD @ MIN Gameday	7.1	6	0	0	1	9	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.