Jeff Baker

Jeffrey Glen Baker MLB 2005-2012 | 2000-2012

Speed
42

Contact
25

Patience
45

Batting
71

Power
72

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Status Chicago Cubs Positions 3B-297, 2B-149, OF-121, 1B-72, RF-41, LF-9, DH-8 Born Jun 21, 1981 (30) Place Badkissagen,Germany Ht/Wt 6-2 / 210 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Gar-field (Woodbridge,VA) College Clemson University
Drafted Colorado Rockies: 2002-4-111 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: April 4,2005 box

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Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
2000	Clemson	NCAA	NCAA	19	-	19		-	68	275	54	86	16	0	11	64	4	0	26	54	6	0	2	6	4	.313	.377	.491	868	-	-	135	315	201	55	7.4	.347	.287	.178	0.48	3.5	31.4	8.3	17.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	2000	Clemson
2001	Clemson	NCAA	NCAA	19	-	20		-	60	233	66	86	13	2	23	75	5	4	32	38	11	0	0	2	6	.369	.464	.738	1202	-	-	172	278	159	78	13.3	.362	.511	.369	0.84	8.3	44.2	11.5	13.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	2001	Clemson
2002	Clemson	ACC	NCAA	19	-	21		7	68	265	71	86	12	2	25	87	17	7	40	59	11	0	0	3	4	.325	.429	.668	1097	-	-	177	319	193	78	10.9	.332	.532	.343	0.68	7.8	45.3	12.5	18.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	54-17	4	2002	Clemson
2003	Asheville	SAL	A	-	col	22	3b	-	70	263	44	76	17	0	11	44	4	2	30	79	9	2	0	3	2	.289	.377	.479	856	-	-	126	305	194	49	6.8	.369	.312	.190	0.38	3.6	36.8	9.8	25.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-65	4	2003	Asheville
2004	Visalia	Calif	A+	30	col	23	3b	-	73	271	60	88	23	1	11	64	1	0	47	73	6	0	0	1	5	.325	.434	.539	973	-	-	146	325	189	66	9.4	.410	.391	.214	0.64	3.4	39.8	14.5	22.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	56-84	5	2004	Visalia
	Tulsa	Tex	AA		col	23	3b	-	24	91	10	27	5	1	4	20	1	0	7	22	0	1	0	1	3	.297	.343	.505	849	-	-	46	99	68	16	6.2	.348	.297	.209	0.32	4.0	37.0	7.1	22.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-68	3		Tulsa
2005	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	-	col	24	3b	-	61	228	40	69	16	1	10	41	3	1	16	44	1	0	1	2	7	.303	.348	.513	861	-	-	117	248	170	42	6.7	.335	.289	.211	0.36	4.0	39.1	6.5	17.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	65-78	4	2005	Colorado Springs
	Colorado	NL	MLB	10	col	24	3b	-	12	38	6	8	4	0	1	4	0	0	5	12	0	0	0	0	1	.211	.302	.395	697	10	83	15	43	31	5	3.9	.280	.316	.184	0.42	2.3	62.5	11.6	27.9	0.86	4.3	183	62.3	37.7	12.6	67-95	5		Colorado
2006	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	-	col	25	of	11	128	482	71	147	30	4	20	108	7	1	46	110	5	2	1	4	14	.305	.369	.508	877	-	-	245	538	355	92	7	.357	.311	.203	0.42	3.7	36.7	8.6	20.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	66-77	4	2006	Colorado Springs
	Colorado	NL	MLB	10	col	25	rf	-	18	57	13	21	7	2	5	21	2	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.379	.825	1204	10	56	47	58	36	19	14.1	.421	.509	.456	0.07	8.6	66.7	1.7	24.1	0.65	3.1	180	72.8	27.2	13.9	76-86	5		Colorado
2007	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	-	col	26	1b-of	-	7	26	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.259	.385	644	-	-	10	27	21	2	2.6	.294	.192	.154	0.13	3.7	33.3	3.7	29.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	69-75	2	2007	Colorado Springs
	Colorado	NL	MLB	10	col	26	1b-rf	-	85	144	17	32	2	2	4	12	0	0	13	40	2	1	0	0	7	.222	.296	.347	643	27	32	50	159	119	12	2.7	.280	.215	.125	0.33	2.5	25.0	8.2	25.2	0.65	3.9	615	62.3	37.7	10.9	90-73	2		Colorado
2008	Colorado	NL	MLB	10	col	27	2b-1b	-	104	299	55	80	22	1	12	48	4	0	26	85	1	2	1	6	5	.268	.322	.468	791	72	69	140	333	231	47	5.5	.327	.301	.201	0.31	3.6	43.7	7.8	25.5	0.78	3.9	1296	63.2	36.8	12.4	74-88	3	2008	Colorado
2009	Modesto	Calif	A+	-	col	28	3b-2b	-	2	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.600	1100	-	-	3	6	3	2	14.7	.500	.400	.200	1.00	0.0	50.0	16.7	16.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	75-65	3	2009	Modesto
	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	-	col	28	3b-2b	-	7	23	3	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	.217	.333	.435	768	-	-	10	27	19	4	5.4	.211	.391	.217	1.33	3.7	60.0	14.8	11.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	73-69	2		Colorado Springs
	Colorado	NL	MLB	10	col	28	3b-2b	-	12	23	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	3	.130	.167	.217	384	4	33	5	24	23	-1	-1	.187	.174	.087	0.14	0.0	33.3	4.2	29.2	1.29	3.8	92	66.3	33.7	14.1	92-70	2		Colorado
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	28	chc	28	2b-3b	-	69	203	27	62	15	1	4	21	0	0	17	46	2	0	0	2	5	.305	.362	.448	810	51	74	91	224	148	34	6.2	.374	.227	.143	0.37	1.8	32.3	7.6	20.5	0.87	3.9	864	62.5	37.5	11.1	83-78	2		Chi Cubs
2010	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	28	chc	29	3b-2b	-	79	206	29	56	13	2	4	21	1	0	16	50	1	0	0	1	6	.272	.326	.413	739	48	61	85	224	157	27	4.7	.340	.223	.141	0.32	1.8	33.9	7.1	22.3	0.78	3.8	860	64.4	35.6	9.9	75-87	5	2010	Chi Cubs
2011	Iowa	PCL	AAA	-	chc	30	rf-2b	-	3	10	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.600	900	-	-	6	10	7	2	8.9	.333	.300	.300	0.00	0.0	66.7	0.0	10.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	66-77	4	2011	Iowa
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	28	chc	30	1b-2b	-	81	201	20	54	12	1	3	23	0	0	10	46	0	0	0	1	8	.269	.302	.383	685	45	56	77	212	156	21	3.7	.333	.164	.114	0.22	1.4	29.6	4.7	21.7	0.97	3.6	763	65.8	34.2	10.9	71-91	5		Chi Cubs
2012	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB		chc	31	5/29/2012		13	50	4	12	4	0	0	4	1	1	6	9	0	0	0	1	2	.240	.316	.320	636	-	-	16	57	42	5	3.2	.286	.200	.080	0.67	0.0	33.3	10.5	15.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2012	Chi Cubs
MLB Totals (8 years)									473	1221	171	328	79	10	33	157	9	1	95	309	6	3	1	11	37	.269	.322	.431	753	267	56	526	1334	943	168	4.8	.331	.247	.162	0.31	2.5	37.2	7.1	23.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	.485	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (7 years)									375	1399	233	423	96	8	58	282	16	4	152	341	21	5	2	11	33	.302	.377	.507	883	--	--	709	1585	1026	274	7.2	.361	.322	.204	0.45	3.7	38.3	9.6	21.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.483	--	--	--
College Totals (3 years)									196	773	191	258	41	4	59	226	26	11	98	151	28	0	2	11	14	.334	.422	.626	1048	--	--	484	912	553	211	10.3	.347	.439	.292	0.65	6.5	40.3	10.7	16.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	.761	--	--	--
AAA Totals (5 years)									206	769	118	230	50	6	32	153	10	2	67	166	6	2	2	6	23	.299	.357	.505	862	--	--	388	850	572	142	6.7	.343	.303	.205	0.40	3.8	38.3	7.9	19.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.474	--	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)									24	91	10	27	5	1	4	20	1	0	7	22	0	1	0	1	3	.297	.343	.505	849	--	--	46	99	68	16	6.2	.348	.297	.209	0.32	4.0	37.0	7.1	22.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	.511	--	--	--
A+ Totals (2 years)									75	276	61	90	24	1	11	65	1	0	48	74	6	0	0	1	5	.326	.435	.540	975	--	--	149	331	192	67	9.5	.411	.391	.214	0.65	3.3	40.0	14.5	22.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	.468	--	--	--
A Totals (1 year)									70	263	44	76	17	0	11	44	4	2	30	79	9	2	0	3	2	.289	.377	.479	856	--	--	126	305	194	49	6.8	.369	.312	.190	0.38	3.6	36.8	9.8	25.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	.532	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
2003	Asheville	SAL	A	col	22	0	0	0	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	.902	--	--	--	--	--	43	104	16
2004	Visalia	Calif	A+	col	23	0	0	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	.900	--	--	--	--	--	67	114	20
2004	Tulsa	Tex	AA	col	23	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	.924	--	--	--	--	--	10	51	5
2005	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	24	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	.958	--	--	--	--	--	3	20	1
2005	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	col	24	0	0	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	.917	--	--	--	--	--	32	112	13
2006	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	col	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	120	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.985	192	10	3
2006	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	1.000	--	1.000	--	15	1	0
2007	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	26	0	0	20	0	2	0	6	0	13	0	2	--	--	.976	--	1.000	--	1.000	--	1.000	--	147	6	3
2007	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	col	26	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	17	1	0
2008	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	27	0	0	22	49	9	0	0	0	3	0	3	--	--	1.000	.981	1.000	--	--	--	.667	--	221	153	5
2009	Modesto	Calif	A+	col	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	0	0
2009	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	28	0	0	2	49	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	.995	.960	--	--	--	--	--	117	134	2
2009	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	28	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	.900	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	7	7	1
2009	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	col	28	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	.909	.857	--	--	--	--	--	11	5	2
2010	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	29	0	0	4	26	33	0	0	0	4	0	0	--	--	1.000	1.000	.903	--	--	--	1.000	--	85	111	7
2011	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	30	0	0	19	18	11	0	1	0	10	0	3	--	--	1.000	.984	1.000	--	1.000	--	1.000	--	155	50	1
2011	Iowa	PCL	AAA	chc	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	--	--	1.000	1.000	--	--	--	--	1.000	--	9	3	0
MLB Totals						0	0	69	145	85	0	9	0	40	0	8	--	--	.993	.988	.943	--	1.000	--	.980	--	750	482	20
Minor League Totals						0	0	3	4	212	0	0	0	1	121	0	--	--	1.000	.933	.907	--	--	--	1.000	.985	383	400	59

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Cleveland Indians in 4th round (137th overall) of 1999 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase) *Did not sign* ... Selected by Colorado Rockies in 4th round (111st overall) of 2002 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

2002-09-27 - Signed as nondrafted free agent by Rockies 2009-07-02 - Traded by Rockies to Cubs for Al Albuquerque

Awards

1999 - 2nd team High School All-American UT; 2000 - Freshman 1st team All-America DH; 2001 - 1st team College All-American 3B; Atlantic Coast Conference All-Star 3B; 2002 - 1st team College All-American 3B; 2004 - California League All-Star 3B; High A All-Star 3B; 2006 - Pacific Coast League All-Star OF;

Contracts

2005-2005 - Signed by COL to 1-year contract worth $0.316m
2006-2006 - Signed by COL to 1-year contract worth $0.327m
2007-2007 - Signed by COL to 1-year contract worth $0.4m
2008-2008 - Signed by COL to 1-year contract worth $0.403m -- Split contract $240k in minors
2009-2009 - Signed by COL to 1-year contract worth $0.415m (3/4/2009) -- Renewed
2010-2010 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $0.975m (1/19/2010) -- avoided arbitration
2011-2011 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $1.175m (12/2/2010) -- Avoided arbitration
2012-2012 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $1.375m (1/17/2012) -- Avoided arbitration

Disabled List

2007-08-11 - Disabled (Concussion); 2007-09-01 - Activated; 2009-04-29 - Disabled (Sprained left hand); 2009-05-24 - Transferred; 2011-05-30 - Disabled (Left groin strain); 2011-06-13 - Activated;

Salaries

$316,000

$327,000

$400,000

$403,000

$415,000

$975,000

$1,175,000

$1,375,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Feats

2006 - 6 RBIs in Game MLB--- 6
2008 - 3 Doubles in game MLB--- 4

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2004	Mesa Solar Sox	Az Fall	3	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	629
2010	Chicago Cubs	MLB-ST	23	54	6	13	3	0	2	8	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.317	.407	724
2011	Chicago Cubs	MLB-ST	19	50	6	18	3	0	1	6	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	2	.360	.407	.480	887
2012	Chicago Cubs	MLB-ST	22	49	12	15	5	0	2	8	1	0	6	7	0	0	0	1	1	.306	.375	.531	906

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BAVG	1x		2006-6
SLG	2x		2006-7	2002-9
OBP	1x		2006-10
OPS	2x		2006-8	2002-9
G	1x			2002-10
AB	1x			2002-7
R	1x			2002-8
H	1x		2006-6
TB	2x		2006-8	2002-6
HR	1x			2002-2
RBI	2x		2006-2	2002-3
CS	1x			2002-5
SO	2x		2006-9	2002-2
HBP	1x			2002-10

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