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Scott Baker
Timothy Scott Baker

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 221 lb.
School Oklahoma State University

Debut May 7, 2005

Born September 19, 1981 in Shreveport, LA

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2003. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2005 23 MIN AL   3   3  10   9   0   0   0  0   53.7   48   21   20   5   14   32   0   0   217   0   0  3.35  4.45  133 1.155
 2006 24 MIN AL   5   8  16  16   0   0   0  0   83.3  114   63   59  17   16   62   3   0   377   1   0  6.37  4.47   70 1.560
 2007 25 MIN AL   9   9  24  23   2   1   0  0  143.7  162   70   68  15   29  102   5   0   606   4   0  4.26  4.33  102 1.329
 2008 26 MIN AL   8   4  24  24   0   0   0  0  147.7  142   60   60  18   36  119   3   5   606   2   0  3.66  4.14  113 1.205
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .510  25  24  74  72   2   1   0  0  428.3  466  214  207  55   95  315  11   5  1806   7   0  4.35  4.31   99 1.310
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  34  33   0   0   0  0  199.3  217   99   96  25   44  146   5   2   841   3   0  4.35  4.31   99 1.310
 Career High      9   9  24  24   2   1   0  0  147.7  162   70   68  18   36  119   5   5   606   4   0  3.35  4.47  133 1.155

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 24 MIN AL  16    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 25 MIN AL   2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 26 MIN AL   2    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  172    1   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       30   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .091  .091  .091  -51    1   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         59    5    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  27  .091  .091  .091  -51    5  16   0   0   0   0
 Career High     16    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3                           1   3   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 24 MIN AL    3    3    0   0.0   109| .000  .273| .000  .337| .000  .434| .000  .771|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 2007 25 MIN AL    6    6    0   0.0   103| .000  .266| .000  .333| .000  .416| .000  .749|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 2008 26 MIN AL    5    4    1   6.7   102| .500  .264| .500  .331| .500  .414|1.000  .744| 172  .633   0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        14   13    1   2.0   105| .091  .268| .091  .334| .091  .421| .182  .754| -51  .161  -2.4  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 23 MIN AL P 10 8 3 0 1 1.000 .957 1.10 0.46 1.84 1.69 9 53.7 2006 24 MIN AL P 16 5 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.69 0.41 1.19 1.56 16 83.3 2007 25 MIN AL P 24 9 10 2 1 .905 .955 0.79 0.42 1.19 1.60 23 143.7 2008 26 MIN AL P 24 9 10 1 2 .950 .955 0.79 0.43 1.16 1.62 24 147.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 23 MIN AL P 10 8 3 0 1 1.000 .957 1.10 0.46 1.84 1.69 9 53.7 2006 24 MIN AL P 16 5 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.69 0.41 1.19 1.56 16 83.3 2007 25 MIN AL P 24 9 10 2 1 .905 .955 0.79 0.42 1.19 1.60 23 143.7 2008 26 MIN AL P 24 9 10 1 2 .950 .955 0.79 0.43 1.16 1.62 24 147.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 74 31 29 3 4 .952 .955 0.81 0.43 1.26 1.61 72 428.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 74 31 29 3 4 .952 .955 0.81 0.43 1.26 1.61 72 428
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
2008 AL-.667-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2008 AL-1.205-8

Comp. Games
2007 AL-2-7

Shutouts
2007 AL-1-5

SO to Walk
2008 AL-3.31-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1727) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2003.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Minnesota Twins$330,000
Career (may be incomplete)$330,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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