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Dusty Baker
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Birthdate: 6/15/1949
Height / Weight: 6' 2" / 187 lbs.
Place of Birth: Riverside, CA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

 AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO - SF GIANTS MANAGER DUSTY BAKER

 

A steady all-around ballplayer, Dusty Baker was only a 27th-round draft pick of the Atlanta Braves.  In his first full season in the majors, 1972, Baker batted .321, third best in the National League. After the 1975 season, he was traded by the Braves to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and reached his potential in 1977 when he batted .291, hit 30 homers, with 89 RBI's and set a team record with five RBI's in one inning. Dusty Baker was a consistent .280 hitter during his 18 year career but he's best remembered as a clutch-hitting, fine fielding OF-1B who excelled in the League Championship Series. In the 1977 LCS, Dusty Baker hit .357 and set a record with 8 RBI's in a four-game series, and batted .292 in the World Series. He played in three additional LCS and never hit under .316. He won a Gold Glove in 1981 and hit .320 that season. Dusty Baker's Career stats: .278 BA, 2093 games, 242 HR's, and 1013 RBI's. In four League Championship Series - 17 games, .373 batting average, 3 homers, 13 RBI's; in 3 World Series - .232 BA, 2 HR's, 7 RBI's. Dusty managed the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs to the post season, but ran short of winning the World Series.  Voted National League Manager of the Year--3 Times!

 

 


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
19 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1968 ATL (NL) 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 SLG
1969 ATL (NL) 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1970 ATL (NL) 13 24 3 7 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292 .333 SLG
1971 ATL (NL) 29 62 2 14 2 0 0 4 1 14 0 1 1 0 1 0 .226 .238 SLG
1972 ATL (NL) 127 446 62 143 27 2 17 76 45 68 4 7 2 4 2 6 .321 .383 SLG
1973 ATL (NL) 159 604 101 174 29 4 21 99 67 72 24 3 8 5 1 9 .288 .359 SLG
1974 ATL (NL) 149 574 80 147 35 0 20 69 71 87 18 7 9 1 3 7 .256 .335 SLG
1975 ATL (NL) 142 494 63 129 18 2 19 72 67 57 12 7 7 0 1 5 .261 .346 SLG
1976 LAD (NL) 112 384 36 93 13 0 4 39 31 54 2 4 3 1 1 4 .242 .298 SLG
1977 LAD (NL) 153 533 86 155 26 1 30 86 58 89 2 6 6 6 2 5 .291 .364 SLG
1978 LAD (NL) 149 522 62 137 24 1 11 66 47 66 12 3 2 3 4 3 .262 .325 SLG
1979 LAD (NL) 151 554 86 152 29 1 23 88 56 70 11 4 0 1 2 3 .274 .340 SLG
1980 LAD (NL) 153 579 80 170 26 4 29 97 43 66 12 10 4 3 1 12 .294 .339 SLG
1981 LAD (NL) 103 400 48 128 17 3 9 49 29 43 10 7 1 1 3 5 .320 .363 SLG
1982 LAD (NL) 147 570 80 171 19 1 23 88 56 62 17 10 5 3 2 9 .300 .361 SLG
1983 LAD (NL) 149 531 71 138 25 1 15 73 72 59 7 1 2 2 4 7 .260 .346 SLG
1984 SFG (NL) 100 243 31 71 7 2 3 32 40 27 4 1 1 0 0 4 .292 .387 SLG
1985 OAK (AL) 111 343 48 92 15 1 14 52 50 47 2 1 0 0 0 3 .268 .359 SLG
1986 OAK (AL) 83 242 25 58 8 0 4 19 27 37 0 1 1 0 0 2 .240 .314 SLG
19 years   2039 7117 964 1981 320 23 242 1013 762 926 137 73 52 30 27 85 .278 .347 .SLG



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