#74 Martin Baker, Catcher, 33 yrs, Los Angeles Scorpions

#74 Martin Baker, Catcher, 33 yrs, Los Angeles Scorpions
Monday, 9/2/2012

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Martin Baker

2/18/1979
33
USA
5"11
180

Catcher
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Big League Contract
$ 5,550,000
2012
8 Year(s), 149 Days (1525 total Days)
99 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 119 Days (1667 total Days)
9 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
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Last Option Year

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	48	28	26	29	54
Versus LHP	57	30	28	32	53
Versus RHP	44	27	25	28	55
Talent	5	4	3	4	5

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Fielding Ratings
C : 5 (Range), .977 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 5
Infield Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
8/11	CLE	W 3-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
8/13	@RIV	W 9-5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	#7
8/14	@RIV	L 3-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
8/15	@RIV	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
8/18	@DAN	W 6-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
8/19	@DAN	L 4-5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
8/23	WAL	W 9-8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
8/24	WAL	L 8-10	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
8/26	WAL	L 2-5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	#7
8/29	NY	L 3-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1

Batting Stats 2012

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	50	108	22	1	0	2	6	15	7	18	.204	.250	.269	.519	.418	.065
Projected	61	133	27	1	0	2	7	18	9	22	.204	.250	.269	.519	.418	.065

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	27	116	0	0	0	4	0	1	29	3	2	1	66.7	7.2	2.1

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	17	3	0	0	1	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	.176	.250	.353	.603
vs. RHP	91	19	1	0	1	3	13	5	15	0	0	0	.209	.250	.253	.503
Close/Late	19	5	0	0	2	2	5	2	2	0	0	0	.263	.333	.579	.912
Scoring Position	29	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	6	1	0	0	.138	.161	.138	.299
Pinch Hitting	12	4	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.385	.583	.968

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	27	53	11	1	0	1	3	7	4	10	.208	.263	.283	.546
Road	23	55	11	0	0	1	3	8	3	8	.200	.237	.255	.492
Last Week	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750
May	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143
June	10	21	4	0	0	1	2	4	2	6	.190	.261	.333	.594
July	21	48	9	0	0	1	2	5	2	7	.188	.216	.250	.466
August	16	33	9	1	0	0	2	6	2	4	.273	.314	.303	.617

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2004	10	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	CAL STO
2005	79	120	27	5	1	1	14	12	4	0	0	25	0	1	.225	.250	.308	.558	STO
2006	117	239	73	9	1	6	37	31	10	0	0	33	0	1	.305	.333	.427	.760	STO
2007	126	397	109	9	2	9	44	55	25	2	1	35	0	1	.275	.320	.375	.695	FMM
2008	136	456	139	17	0	8	61	56	34	7	3	44	3	0	.305	.360	.395	.755	FMM RIV,ZL
2009	139	470	146	19	7	13	75	61	43	5	3	47	0	3	.311	.372	.464	.836	RIV,ZL
2010	112	358	88	7	2	1	24	40	26	3	3	37	0	1	.246	.300	.285	.585	SB
2011	68	182	37	1	2	1	9	16	8	1	2	19	0	0	.203	.238	.247	.486	SB
2012	50	108	22	1	0	2	6	15	7	0	1	18	2	1	.204	.250	.269	.519	LA LA
Total	837	2340	644	68	15	41	270	286	157	18	13	260	5	8	.275	.324	.370	.694

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2003, AAA	162	614	182	33	0	3	60	63	28	128	5	12	.296	.324	.365	.688
2004, AAA	118	407	100	16	0	6	46	55	32	76	6	7	.246	.297	.329	.626
2005, AAA	25	99	20	5	0	1	5	11	5	17	1	1	.202	.234	.283	.516
2012, AAA	43	136	31	2	0	2	10	14	14	12	5	4	.228	.321	.287	.607

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2007	5	19	6	0	0	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	.316	.350	.474	.824
2008	5	18	5	0	1	1	5	2	0	3	0	0	.278	.278	.556	.833
2009	7	24	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397
Total	17	61	15	0	1	2	11	6	3	10	0	0	.246	.281	.377	.658

Fielding Stats 2012

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	27	27	162	14	0	178	2	.989	222.1	7.21	0	26	8	30.8
Second Base	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.2	0.00
Rightfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00

Player History

Released by California on 2/2/2004...
Signed as a free agent by Stockholm on 2/7/2004 to a 3-year deal worth $750,000 per year...
Had first career hit on 9/10/2004, off Maria Coronado (WAL)...
Hit first career homerun on 7/12/2005, off Stephen Tedford (AUS)...
Won World Championship with Florida in 2006...
Won Cecil Cup with Florida in 2007...
1/26/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration...
Traded from South Bay to River Cities on 1/28/2008 (Going to SB: P Bradford Mcgreevy. Going to RIV: C Martin Baker)...
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game...
Won Cecil Cup with River Cities in 2008...
1/26/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,985,714 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
Won Slick Fielder Award at Catcher in 2009...
Signed as a free agent by South Bay on 2/1/2010 to a 3-year deal worth $5,550,000 per year...
Injured on 5/29/2010 with a Fractured Hip, out for 5 weeks...
Was claimed off waivers by Los Angeles on 3/1/2012.

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
2008 - .305 - 10th
2009 - .311 - 4th

OBP
2009 - .372 - 10th

Triples
2009 - 7 - 4th

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