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Scott Baker

Twins Career team 2005–2011
Number #30
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 44
Height 6' 4"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Shreveport, LA
Born Sep 19, 1981

Key Insights

2015
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Aaron Hill has hit .500/.500/1.167 against Baker over 12 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

6 for 12 with 2 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .718 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Baker has struck Jim Thome out 11 times in 24 plate appearances, 45.8% of everything between them.

11 strikeouts in 24 plate appearances.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Billy Butler has hit .045/.045/.045 against Baker over 22 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

1 for 22 with 0 home runs and 5 strikeouts, against a .718 OPS median across his matchups.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Marcus Thames has taken Baker deep 4 times, once every 6.8 plate appearances between them.

27 career plate appearances against him.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Baker throws than John Buck: 34.7% of the swings between them come up empty.

18 plate appearances between them. 90th percentile of the 65 matchups on his own record.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

The MIL lineup has hit .185 and slugged .235 against Baker across 84 plate appearances, the quietest club on his record.

15 hits, 0 home runs and 10 strikeouts, against a .446 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 19, 1981
Birth Place Shreveport, LA
Height 6' 4"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Oklahoma State