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Doug Baird
Howard Douglas Baird

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 148 lb.
School Westminster College

Debut April 18, 1915
Final Game October 2, 1920
Born September 27, 1891 in St. Charles, MO
Died June 13, 1967 in Thomasville, GA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1915 23 PIT NL 145  512   49  112  26 12   1   53  29 12  37  88  .219  .277  .322   82  165  21           4    
 1916 24 PIT NL 128  430   41   93  10  7   1   28  20 16  24  49  .216  .263  .279   66  120   4           3    
 1917 25 TOT NL 147  499   55  127  25 13   0   42  26     43  71  .255  .316  .357  107  178  24           2    
         PIT NL  43  135   17   35   6  1   0   18   8     20  19  .259  .355  .319  105   43   6           0    
         STL NL 104  364   38   92  19 12   0   24  18     23  52  .253  .301  .371  108  135  18           2    
 1918 26 STL NL  82  316   41   78  12  8   2   25  25     25  42  .247  .304  .354  103  112  12           1    
 1919 27 TOT NL 102  335   43   79  13  5   2   42  18     25  41  .236  .291  .322   81  108  16           1    
         STL NL  16   33    4    7   0  1   0    4   2      2   3  .212  .257  .273   63    9   2           0    
         PHI NL  66  242   33   61  13  3   2   30  13     22  28  .252  .317  .355   96   86   7           1    
         BRO NL  20   60    6   11   0  1   0    8   3      1  10  .183  .197  .217   23   13   7           0    
 1920 28 TOT NL  13   14    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   4  .214  .389  .214   75    3   1           1    
         BRO NL   6    6    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   1  .333  .556  .333  155    2   1           1    
         NYG NL   7    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .125  .222  .125    1    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      617 2106  230  492  86 45   6  191 118 28 157 295  .234  .291  .326   87  686  78   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        553   60  129  23 12   2   50  31  7  41  77  .234  .291  .326   87  180  20   0   0   3   0
 Career High    147  512   55  127  26 13   2   53  29 16  43  88  .255  .316  .357  107  178  24   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1915 23 PIT NL  574  433   45   2.8    80| .219  .255| .277  .317| .322  .341| .599  .658|  82  .427 -12.2  -1.4  70%
 1916 24 PIT NL  461  357   29   2.2    79| .216  .255| .263  .314| .279  .341| .542  .655|  66  .321 -18.5  -2.2  55%
 1917 25 TOT NL  568  396   55   3.8    77| .255  .255| .316  .312| .357  .337| .673  .649| 107  .553   4.4   0.5     
         PIT NL  161  106   15   3.8    81| .259  .260| .355  .318| .319  .343| .674  .661| 105  .561   1.9   0.2     
         STL NL  407  290   40   3.7    76| .253  .253| .301  .310| .371  .334| .672  .644| 108  .549   2.5   0.3     
 1918 26 STL NL  354  250   34   3.7    77| .247  .258| .304  .315| .354  .333| .658  .648| 103  .531   0.5   0.1     
 1919 27 TOT NL  377  272   32   3.2    85| .236  .270| .291  .325| .322  .354| .613  .679|  81  .449  -8.2  -1.0     
         STL NL   37   28    2   1.9    77| .212  .257| .257  .311| .273  .338| .530  .649|  63  .246  -1.6  -0.2     
         PHI NL  272  188   27   3.9    87| .252  .272| .317  .327| .355  .358| .672  .685|  96  .540  -0.8  -0.1     
         BRO NL   68   56    3   1.4    83| .183  .267| .197  .321| .217  .350| .414  .671|  23  .162  -5.9  -0.7     
 1920 28 TOT NL   19   12    1   2.3    92| .214  .278| .389  .333| .214  .370| .603  .703|  75  .274  -0.1   0.0   0%
         BRO NL   10    5    1   5.5    94| .333  .281| .556  .335| .333  .374| .889  .709| 155  .652   0.9   0.1   0%
         NYG NL    9    7    0   0.0    90| .125  .276| .222  .330| .125  .367| .347  .698|   1  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2353 1720  196   3.1    80| .234  .258| .291  .316| .326  .341| .617  .657|  87  .458 -34.2  -4.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1915 23 PIT NL 3B 120 142 226 24 13 .939 .947 3.07 3.00 OF 20 49 5 1 0 .982 .959 2.70 2.01 0 20 0 2B 3 5 4 0 0 1.000 .957 3.00 4.80 1916 24 PIT NL 3B 80 90 145 17 12 .933 .938 2.94 3.00 2B 29 62 68 8 10 .942 .951 4.48 4.74 OF 16 31 2 2 0 .943 .968 2.06 2.00 10 5 1 1917 25 TOT NL 3B 144 166 332 32 27 .940 .942 3.46 3.04 PIT NL 3B 41 56 73 9 3 .935 .942 3.15 3.04 2B 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 4.95 STL NL 3B 103 110 259 23 24 .941 .942 3.58 3.04 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 2 0 1918 26 STL NL 3B 81 99 219 11 12 .967 .949 3.93 3.33 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.10 0 0 1 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1919 27 TOT NL 3B 91 122 195 18 19 .946 .946 3.48 3.10 STL NL 3B 8 6 11 5 0 .773 .944 2.12 3.10 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.10 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 PHI NL 3B 66 100 147 13 17 .950 .946 3.74 3.10 BRO NL 3B 17 16 37 0 2 1.000 .946 3.12 3.10 1920 28 TOT NL 3B 6 5 8 1 1 .929 .949 2.17 3.05 BRO NL 3B 2 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 3.05 NYG NL 3B 4 4 5 0 1 1.000 .947 2.25 3.05
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 23 PIT NL 2B 3 5 4 0 0 1.000 .957 3.00 4.80 1916 24 PIT NL 2B 29 62 68 8 10 .942 .951 4.48 4.74 1917 25 PIT NL 2B 2 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 4.95 1919 27 STL NL 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.10 1915 23 PIT NL 3B 120 142 226 24 13 .939 .947 3.07 3.00 1916 24 PIT NL 3B 80 90 145 17 12 .933 .938 2.94 3.00 1917 25 TOT NL 3B 144 166 332 32 27 .940 .942 3.46 3.04 PIT NL 3B 41 56 73 9 3 .935 .942 3.15 3.04 STL NL 3B 103 110 259 23 24 .941 .942 3.58 3.04 1918 26 STL NL 3B 81 99 219 11 12 .967 .949 3.93 3.33 1919 27 TOT NL 3B 91 122 195 18 19 .946 .946 3.48 3.10 STL NL 3B 8 6 11 5 0 .773 .944 2.12 3.10 PHI NL 3B 66 100 147 13 17 .950 .946 3.74 3.10 BRO NL 3B 17 16 37 0 2 1.000 .946 3.12 3.10 1920 28 TOT NL 3B 6 5 8 1 1 .929 .949 2.17 3.05 BRO NL 3B 2 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 3.05 NYG NL 3B 4 4 5 0 1 1.000 .947 2.25 3.05 1915 23 PIT NL OF 20 49 5 1 0 .982 .959 2.70 2.01 0 20 0 1916 24 PIT NL OF 16 31 2 2 0 .943 .968 2.06 2.00 10 5 1 1917 25 STL NL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 2 0 1918 26 STL NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.10 0 0 1 1919 27 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1918 26 STL NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 522 624 1125 103 84 .944 .945 3.35 3.08 OF 40 82 7 3 0 .967 .962 2.23 2.02 10 27 3 2B 35 68 74 10 10 .934 .952 4.06 4.77 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 598 774 1206 116 94 .945 .946 3.31 3.11
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Doubles
1917 NL-25-8

Triples
1915 NL-12-6
1917 NL-13-6

Strikeouts
1915 NL-88-1
1917 NL-71-3
1918 NL-42-7
1919 NL-41-9

Stolen Bases
1915 NL-29-3
1917 NL-26-5
1918 NL-25-4

Extra-Base Hits
1917 NL-38-10

Sac. Hits
1917 NL-24-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1361) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 14, 1917: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Steele.

January 21, 1919: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Gene Packard and Stuffy Stewart to the Philadelphia Phillies for Milt Stock, Pickles Dillhoefer, and Dixie Davis.

July 14, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Elmer Jacobs and Frank Woodward to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lee Meadows and Gene Paulette.

August 26, 1919: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Robins from the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 27, 1920: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Robins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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