Scott Baker

Birth Date: 09/19/1981

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Timothy Scott Baker was born September 19, 1981, in Shreveport, LA. He went to Oklahoma State University. He was selected by the Twins in the second round of the Major League Baseball draft. The right-handed starting pitcher played for four teams during his 10-year career – seven of those seasons with the Twins.

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On August 31, 2007, Baker took a perfect game into the 9th inning at home against Kansas City. Unfortunately, he walked the leadoff hitter then allowed a hit to the third batter. Although he did not achieve the perfect game or no hitter, he was able to finish with a one-hit shutout, one of two shutouts in his career.
Baker’s 63 wins as a Twin rank 31st in the Senators/Twins franchise history.
In his career, Baker had 66 wins, 4.26 ERA, and 839 strikeouts. He was mainly a starter and pitched 1,064.2 innings. He had a career ERA+ of 99 and WAR of 15.6.
In January 2024, Baker was inducted into the Oklahoma State University Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Scott Baker Statistics

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2005	23	MIN	AL	3	3	.500	3.35	10	9	0	0	0	0	53.2	48	21	20	5	14	0	32	0	0	0	217	133	3.82	1.155	8.0	0.8	2.3	5.4	2.29
2006	24	MIN	AL	5	8	.385	6.37	16	16	0	0	0	0	83.1	114	63	59	17	16	1	62	3	0	0	377	70	5.00	1.560	12.3	1.8	1.7	6.7	3.88
2007	25	MIN	AL	9	9	.500	4.26	24	23	0	2	1	0	143.2	162	70	68	15	29	4	102	5	0	0	606	101	3.89	1.329	10.1	0.9	1.8	6.4	3.52
2008	26	MIN	AL	11	4	.733	3.45	28	28	0	0	0	0	172.1	161	66	66	20	42	2	141	3	0	6	703	122	3.79	1.178	8.4	1.0	2.2	7.4	3.36
2009	27	MIN	AL	15	9	.625	4.37	33	33	0	1	1	0	200.0	190	99	97	28	48	1	162	4	0	4	828	100	4.08	1.190	8.6	1.3	2.2	7.3	3.38
2010	28	MIN	AL	12	9	.571	4.49	29	29	0	0	0	0	170.1	186	87	85	23	43	0	148	6	0	7	725	91	3.96	1.344	9.8	1.2	2.3	7.8	3.44
2011	29	MIN	AL	8	6	.571	3.14	23	21	2	1	0	0	134.2	126	50	47	15	32	2	123	4	0	4	548	129	3.45	1.173	8.4	1.0	2.1	8.2	3.84

2013	31	CHC	NL	0	0		3.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	9	6	6	3	4	0	6	0	0	0	57	110	5.65	0.867	5.4	1.8	2.4	3.6	1.50
2014	32	TEX	AL	3	4	.429	5.47	25	8	13	0	0	0	80.2	82	49	49	15	14	3	55	2	0	0	332	73	4.78	1.190	9.1	1.7	1.6	6.1	3.93
2015	33	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	5.73	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	7	7	4	3	0	8	0	0	1	45	67	7.22	1.273	9.0	3.3	2.5	6.5	2.67
10 Yrs				66	53	.555	4.26	193	172	15	4	2	0	1064.2	1089	518	504	145	245	13	839	27	0	22	4438	99	4.07	1.253	9.2	1.2	2.1	7.1	3.42
162 Game Avg.				12	10	.555	4.26	36	32	3	1	0	0	198	203	97	94	27	46	2	156	5	0	4	827	99	4.07	1.253	9.2	1.2	2.1	7.1	3.42

MIN (7 yrs)				63	48	.568	4.15	163	159	2	4	2	0	958.0	987	456	442	123	224	10	770	25	0	21	4004	102	3.95	1.264	9.3	1.2	2.1	7.2	3.44
LAD (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.73	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	7	7	4	3	0	8	0	0	1	45	67	7.22	1.273	9.0	3.3	2.5	6.5	2.67
TEX (1 yr)				3	4	.429	5.47	25	8	13	0	0	0	80.2	82	49	49	15	14	3	55	2	0	0	332	73	4.78	1.190	9.1	1.7	1.6	6.1	3.93
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		3.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	9	6	6	3	4	0	6	0	0	0	57	110	5.65	0.867	5.4	1.8	2.4	3.6	1.50

AL (8 yrs)				66	52	.559	4.25	188	167	15	4	2	0	1038.2	1069	505	491	138	238	13	825	27	0	21	4336	99	4.02	1.258	9.3	1.2	2.1	7.1	3.47
NL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	4.50	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.0	20	13	13	7	7	0	14	0	0	1	102	87	6.32	1.038	6.9	2.4	2.4	4.8	2.00