#74 Martin Baker, Catcher, 32 yrs, Los Angeles Scorpions

#74 Martin Baker, Catcher, 32 yrs, Los Angeles Scorpions
Wednesday, 10/16/2011

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Martin Baker

2/18/1979
32
USA
5"11
180

Catcher
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Big League Contract
$ 5,550,000
2012
8 Year(s), 50 Days (1426 total Days)
172 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 135 Days (1511 total Days)
8 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	48	28	29	34	79
Versus LHP	56	30	31	37	77
Versus RHP	44	27	28	33	80
Talent	6	4	3	5	8

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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
9/13	@WAL	L 2-7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
9/14	@COV	W 3-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
9/15	@COV	W 4-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7
9/17	NY	W 7-6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7
9/22	@COV	W 2-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7
9/24	@NY	W 7-3	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	#8
9/25	@NY	L 10-20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
9/26	NY	L 3-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
10/1	@DAN	L 1-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
10/4	COV	L 6-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	#9

Batting Stats 2011

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	68	182	37	1	2	1	9	16	8	19	.203	.238	.247	.486	.370	.044
Projected	68	182	37	1	2	1	9	16	8	19	.203	.238	.247	.486	.370	.044

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	42	195	1	0	0	1	2	2	45	4	0	0	.0	11.5	2.1

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	58	13	0	1	0	2	5	3	6	0	1	0	.224	.258	.259	.517
vs. RHP	124	24	1	1	1	7	11	5	13	2	1	1	.194	.227	.242	.469
Close/Late	27	7	0	0	0	1	4	2	6	0	1	0	.259	.300	.259	.559
Scoring Position	45	6	0	0	0	7	0	1	3	2	0	1	.133	.163	.133	.297
Pinch Hitting	20	3	0	1	0	2	2	2	4	1	1	0	.150	.208	.250	.458

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	33	88	22	1	1	1	5	9	3	9	.250	.280	.318	.598
Road	35	94	15	0	1	0	4	7	5	10	.160	.196	.181	.377
March/April	14	33	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.152	.200	.152	.352
May	7	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	.091	.167	.091	.258
June	8	30	7	0	0	1	2	4	0	3	.233	.226	.333	.559
July	12	34	9	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	.265	.286	.353	.639
August	12	29	4	0	1	0	1	4	1	2	.138	.156	.207	.363
Sept/Oct	15	45	11	0	0	0	5	4	3	7	.244	.300	.244	.544

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
Total	787	2232	622	67	15	39	264	271	150	18	12	242	3	7	.279	.328	.375	.702

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

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 2011

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	44	42	282	24	0	312	6	.981	371.0	7.57	1	49	14	28.6
Third Base	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00
Leftfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	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...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

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

OBP
2009 - .372 - 10th

Triples
2009 - 7 - 4th

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