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Lesley
Baker		  
Nickname: Axe
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 235
 
Born: December 27, 1983 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 CLE AL     5 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5
2005 21 NYA AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 3 4 5 5
2006 22 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 4 6 6 6 3 4 3 4 5 5
2007 23 MIN AL     6 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 4 5 5
2008 24 MIN AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 4 4 5 5
2009 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 3 4 4 3 5 4
2010 26 MIN AL     6 6 6 9 9 9 6 7 7 4 5 5 3 5 4
2011 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7 5 6 6 3 5 4
2012 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 4
2013 29 MIN AL $ 2,078,571   7 7 6 9 9 9 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 4
2014 30 MIN AL $ 2,078,571   7 7 6 9 10 9 6 7 6 5 6 6 4 5 4
2015 31 SDN NL $ 2,257,143   7 7 6 9 10 10 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5
2016 32 SDN NL $ 3,610,000   6 6 6 9 10 10 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 4
2017 33 SDN NL $ 3,610,000   6 6 5 10 10 10 6 6 6 5 6 6 3 4 4
2018 34 ARI NL $ 1,800,000   6 6 6 9 10 10 6 6 6 5 6 6 3 4 4
2019 35 ARI NL $ 3,570,000   6 6 6 8 9 9 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 5
2020 36 SFN NL     7 7 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,610,000   7 7 6 10 10 10 7 7 7 6 7 6 4 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 20 AA   60 175 23 47 5 0 3 17 7 3 22 25 .269 .350 .349 .699 22.9  
    A   6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2  
2005 21 AAA   138 567 80 164 25 3 15 73 12 12 40 117 .289 .336 .423 .759 76.5  
2006 22 DET AL 20 62 4 18 3 1 1 7 2 2 5 20 .290 .343 .419 .763 8.4 1.5
    AAA   105 349 65 112 16 2 19 62 12 5 33 76 .321 .380 .542 .921 67.5  
2007 23 AAA   138 550 81 159 29 3 27 71 12 8 54 127 .289 .353 .500 .853 93.3  
2008 24 AAA   137 533 98 151 22 4 31 96 19 4 62 131 .283 .358 .514 .872 98.2  
2009 25 MIN AL 124 447 54 112 29 0 9 49 10 3 33 126 .251 .314 .376 .690 53.7 5.4
2010 26 AAA   81 125 35 38 2 0 17 40 2 2 17 33 .304 .387 .728 1.115 32.6  
2011 27 MIN AL 151 547 85 135 38 5 35 100 4 3 30 150 .247 .293 .527 .820 81.7 14.3
2012 28 MIN AL 139 491 67 111 38 1 21 85 8 4 45 160 .226 .302 .436 .738 63.6 8.1
2013 29 MIN AL 154 552 66 117 32 2 27 93 6 6 65 184 .212 .297 .424 .721 71.9 7.8
2014 30 MIN AL 152 573 91 133 28 1 31 118 4 4 68 179 .232 .320 .447 .767 82.9 13.5
2015 31 MIN AL 103 386 55 90 23 1 15 61 8 4 28 136 .233 .298 .415 .712 46.9 5.9
  SDN NL 50 160 24 45 8 0 11 34 3 1 22 41 .281 .376 .538 .914 31.8 6.5
  TOT   153 546 79 135 31 1 26 95 11 5 50 177 .247 .322 .451 .772 78.7 12.4
2016 32 SDN NL 138 466 70 124 21 3 26 84 7 5 35 141 .266 .327 .491 .818 72.4 11.4
2017 33 SDN NL 150 503 69 115 29 3 24 91 12 4 47 137 .229 .299 .441 .740 67.0 8.6
2018 34 ARI NL 156 572 100 135 36 0 31 97 15 4 55 173 .236 .309 .462 .770 83.2 13.8
2019 35 ARI NL 145 458 77 117 18 1 31 86 8 3 43 125 .255 .329 .502 .832 76.6 16.1
2020 36 SFN NL 113 268 35 63 7 1 6 37 7 3 29 71 .235 .311 .336 .647 29.3 2.3
12 Years Sim 1595 5485 797 1315 310 19 268 942 94 46 505 1643 .240 .311 .450 .761 769.5 115.1
5 Years AAA 599 2124 359 624 94 12 109 342 57 31 206 484 .294 .362 .503 .865 368.0  
1 Years AA 60 175 23 47 5 0 3 17 7 3 22 25 .269 .361 .349 .710 22.9  
1 Years A 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2  
7 Years Minors 665 2307 382 672 99 12 112 359 64 34 229 510 .291 .361 .490 .851 391.1  
162 Game Average 557 80 133 31 1 27 95 9 4 51 166 .240 .311 .450 .761 78.2  
Career Highs 156 573 100 135 38 5 35 118 15 6 68 184 .290 .343 .527 .832 83.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4261 628 1042 235 14 203 695 81 38 426 1259 .245 .321 .449 .770 609.3
vs LH   1224 169 273 75 5 65 247 13 8 79 384 .223 .276 .452 .727 152.1
Home 786 2709 399 664 169 7 142 493 42 19 217 785 .245 .309 .470 .779 385.4
Away 809 2776 398 651 141 12 126 449 52 27 288 858 .235 .313 .430 .743 376.1
RISP   1511 0 381 84 5 79 643 0 0 165 459 .252 .328 .471 .799 233.6
Pinch Hitting   190 22 40 7 1 9 37 2 0 12 61 .211 .261 .400 .661 20.6
Close/Late   671 92 158 26 4 38 115 0 0 61 196 .235 .308 .456 .764 94.1
Mar/Apr 251 911 141 231 63 5 47 185 13 9 64 248 .254 .309 .488 .798 132.2
May 303 1083 164 262 57 4 58 176 20 13 103 331 .242 .318 .463 .781 155.9
June 258 921 113 199 53 3 37 141 10 4 79 293 .216 .284 .401 .685 105.6
July 247 853 115 209 48 2 38 139 11 9 75 256 .245 .314 .440 .754 114.6
August 280 919 139 225 55 3 51 164 25 5 92 278 .245 .320 .478 .797 141.7
Sep/Oct 256 798 125 189 34 2 37 137 15 6 92 237 .237 .322 .424 .745 111.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2006 22 DET AL RF 17 15 135.3 30 0 1 0 .968 2.00   0.2
    CF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
2009 25 MIN AL RF 112 106 889.3 169 6 5 1 .972 1.77   1.6
    CF 2 1 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50    
2011 27 MIN AL RF 142 139 1223.7 248 9 13 2 .952 1.89   1.8
    CF 7 1 17.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
2012 28 MIN AL CF 127 123 1086.7 292 11 5 2 .984 2.51   3.0
    RF 11 0 23.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
2013 29 MIN AL CF 123 123 1109.7 314 6 4 2 .988 2.60   4.0
    RF 30 25 237.0 38 3 1 0 .976 1.56    
2014 30 MIN AL RF 106 105 926.0 227 6 3 1 .987 2.26   2.5
    CF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
2015 31 MIN AL RF 38 36 336.6 76 1 3 0 .963 2.06   1.5
    CF 34 30 278.1 77 3 1 1 .988 2.59   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
  SDN NL RF 19 18 148.0 34 1 2 0 .946 2.13   0.8
    CF 17 14 122.3 34 2 1 1 .973 2.65   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 57 54 484.6 110 2 5 0 .957 2.08   2.3
      CF 51 44 400.4 111 5 2 2 .983 2.61   0.0
      SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2016 32 SDN NL CF 121 106 979.7 239 9 3 1 .988 2.28   2.5
    RF 3 0 7.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 5.14    
2017 33 SDN NL RF 66 63 582.7 148 0 4 0 .974 2.29   2.1
    LF 69 54 509.3 116 2 2 0 .983 2.09    
    CF 7 5 46.7 13 0 1 0 .929 2.51    
2018 34 ARI NL RF 145 144 1268.3 259 5 9 3 .967 1.87   2.4
    CF 4 2 23.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.52    
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
2019 35 ARI NL RF 91 86 776.7 181 5 4 3 .979 2.16   0.5
    CF 21 9 104.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    LF 12 5 59.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.53    
    1B 5 5 42.3 42 3 0 6 1.000 9.57   0.0
2020 36 SFN NL LF 45 19 229.7 43 1 0 0 1.000 1.72   1.2
    RF 20 15 145.3 34 2 0 2 1.000 2.23    
    CF 25 15 139.0 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    1B 4 4 33.0 35 2 0 3 1.000 10.09   0.1
  RF 800 752 6699.6 1453 39 45 12 .971 2.00   13.4
  CF 493 430 3939.0 1055 31 15 7 .986 2.48   9.5
  LF 130 78 806.0 170 3 2 0 .989 1.93   1.2
  1B 9 9 75.3 77 5 0 9 1.000 9.80   0.1
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1433 1269 11520.9 2755 79 62 28 .979 2.21   24.2
Career Highs   153 148 1346.7 352 11 13 9 1.000 2.53    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 31 SDN NL 7 27 4 5 0 0 1 5 2 0 4 6 .185 .290 .296 .587
2017 33 SDN NL 14 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .091 .130 .091 .221
Career Post-Season Batting 21 49 4 7 0 0 1 5 2 0 5 16 .143 .222 .204 .426
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2011-6-.527
 Triples
2011-9-5
 Homeruns
2011-3-35
2014-10-31
2018-10-31
 RBIs
2014-6-118
 Strikeouts
2012-10-160
2013-2-184
2014-1-179
2017-8-137
2018-1-173
CAR-22-1643
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  2. Joe Sewell Jr. (926)
  3. Carlos Lee (908)
  4. Trenton Staley (907)
  5. Jose Guillen (905)
  6. Justin Morneau (901)
  7. Rob Mackowiak (899)
  8. Juan Preciado (898)
  9. Lon Sarabia (892)
  10. Carlos Pena (886)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Cleveland in 2004
Injured on 8/25/2004 with a Fractured Hip, out for 5-6 weeks
Traded from Cleveland to New York (A) on 5/30/2005 (Going to CLE: P Jesse Foppert, P Scott Kazmir. Going to NYA: P C.C. Sabathia, CF Lesley Baker)
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 2/20/2006 (Going to DET: RF Lesley Baker, LF Marty Cordova. Going to NYA: CF Andruw Jones)
Had first career hit (double) on 5/13/2006, off Tomo Ohka (TB)
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/2006, off Bartolo Colon (TEX)
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 5/6/2007 (Going to MIN: RF Lesley Baker. Going to DET: LF Jason Kubel)
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
1/29/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Minnesota to San Diego on 8/2/2015 (Going to SDN: CF Lesley Baker. Going to MIN: P Juan Moler, P Jere Keller)
8/2/2015: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $3,610,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/19/2016 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/5/2017
Signed as a free agent by Arizona on 2/10/2018 to a 1-year deal worth $1,800,000 per year
8/9/2018: Signed a contract extension with Arizona, $3,570,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 9/13/2019
Injured on 6/12/2020 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Arizona to San Francisco on 6/17/2020 (Going to ARI: 3B Robert Ganley. Going to SFN: RF Lesley Baker)
Released by San Francisco on 10/3/2020
 
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