Dusty Baker

Left Field

1968—1986

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
#55

Player Detail

Johnnie B.
GIVEN NAME
Baker
SURNAME
June 15, 1949, in Riverside, CA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1968—1986
Playing Career
Played from 19-37
PLAYING AGE
Atlanta Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Oakland A's
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Big Blue Wrecking Crew
PRIMARY TEAM
1981
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
12
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 183
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 7, 1968
Major League Debut
October 4, 1986
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Dusty Baker?

Learned from Hank Aaron, forged long, successful playing career, winning a World Series title with the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers. Baker managed five teams to the playoffs, and won more than 2,000 games, all of them with his trademark toothpick in his mouth. He won the World Series as manager of the 2022 Houston Astros.

Baker is credited with helping to invent the “high five,” when he participated in what could have been the first one with teammate Glenn Burke in 1977.
Dusty is credited with helping to invent the high-five when he was with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970s. Teammate Glenn Burke probably came up with the idea for the celebratory hand gesture along with Baker.
  • Dusty Baker Scouting Report

60

HITTING

60

POWER

50

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2039
1981
242
1013
.278
2 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
31.5
55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.779
.750
104.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.278
.347
.432

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

George Foster
Greg Luzinski
Jose Cruz
Ralph Garr

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.281
.351
.431

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Mike Scioscia
Steve Garvey
Davey Lopes
Bill Russell
Ron Cey
Jose Canseco
Rick Monday
Hank Aaron
Phil Niekro
Don Sutton
Tommy Lasorda

Dusty Baker Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Baker
532
148
72
24
2
18
76
57
69
10
230
207
.278
.347
.432
779
AVG LF
535
145
72
24
5
14
54
84
14
220
202
.271
.339
.411
.750

Dusty Baker Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
55
59
56
54
56
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
46
61
94
79
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Dusty Baker PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
37.0
26.1
15.9
13.7
2.93
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Dusty Baker
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
245.3
148.4
98.8
68.4
19.4
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Dusty Baker
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF