What years did Dusty Baker play?

Dusty Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1968 to 1986.

Was Dusty Baker a pitcher?

No. Dusty Baker was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Dusty Baker hit?

Dusty Baker hit 242 career home runs with 1981 hits.

What was Dusty Baker's career batting average?

Dusty Baker batted .278 over his career, with 1,981 hits in 7,117 at bats.

How many RBI did Dusty Baker have?

Dusty Baker drove in 1,013 runs in his career.

Is Dusty Baker in the Hall of Fame?

No. Dusty Baker has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dusty Baker

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1968-1986)

Dusty Baker was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1968 to 1986 for 4 teams, including the Atlanta Braves, a span of 19 seasons. In 2,039 career games, he hit .278 with 1,981 hits, 242 home runs, and 1,013 RBI. Dusty Baker was a 2-time All-Star, an NLCS MVP, a Gold Glove, and a 2-time Silver Slugger. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 15,224.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .278

HR 242

RBI 1,013

H 1,981

OPS .779

PIV 15,224

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 183 lb
Born: 6/15/1949 in Riverside, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1968-09-07
Last Game: 1986-10-04
Awards: 2× All-Star · NLCS MVP · Gold Glove · 2× Silver Slugger

Full name: Johnnie B. Baker

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Career Batting Statistics

Dusty Baker — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,039	7,117	964	1,981	320	23	242	1,013	137	762	926	.278	.347	.432	.779	15,224

Career AVG .278 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — +8.6% above league average.

Career OBP .347 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — +7.6% above league average.

Career SLG .432 vs. league average .379 across their career seasons — +13.9% above league average.

Career OPS .779 vs. league average .701 across their career seasons — +11.0% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Dusty Baker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1968	ATL	NL	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	ATL	NL	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	ATL	NL	13	24	3	7	0	0	0	4	0	2	4	.292	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	ATL	NL	29	62	2	14	2	0	0	4	0	1	14	.226	.249 (-9%)	.316 (-25%)	.365 (-29%)	.682 (-27%)	-262.3
1972	ATL	NL	127	446	62	143	27	2	17	76	4	45	68	.321	.243 (+32%)	.310 (+23%)	.353 (+43%)	.664 (+34%)	2712.6
1973	ATL	NL	159	604	101	174	29	4	21	99	24	67	72	.288	.256 (+12%)	.325 (+10%)	.378 (+20%)	.703 (+15%)	1871.0
1974	ATL	NL	149	574	80	147	35	0	20	69	18	71	87	.256	.256 (avg)	.324 (+3%)	.369 (+14%)	.693 (+9%)	1008.0
1975	ATL	NL	142	494	63	129	18	2	19	72	12	67	57	.261	.257 (+1%)	.327 (+6%)	.374 (+13%)	.701 (+9%)	964.5
1976	LAN	NL	112	384	36	93	13	0	4	39	2	31	54	.242	.255 (-5%)	.320 (-7%)	.360 (-15%)	.681 (-11%)	-642.8
1977	LAN	NL	153	533	86	155	26	1	30	86	2	58	89	.291	.264 (+10%)	.329 (+11%)	.401 (+28%)	.730 (+20%)	2214.8
1978	LAN	NL	149	522	62	137	24	1	11	66	12	47	66	.262	.257 (+2%)	.323 (+1%)	.378 (-1%)	.702 (avg)	13.0
1979	LAN	NL	151	554	86	152	29	1	23	88	11	56	70	.274	.265 (+3%)	.329 (+3%)	.397 (+14%)	.727 (+9%)	1048.3
1980	LAN	NL	153	579	80	170	26	4	29	97	12	43	66	.294	.264 (+11%)	.326 (+4%)	.387 (+30%)	.714 (+18%)	1856.5
1981	LAN	NL	103	400	48	128	17	3	9	49	10	29	43	.320	.255 (+25%)	.320 (+13%)	.368 (+21%)	.688 (+17%)	1213.5
1982	LAN	NL	147	570	80	171	19	1	23	88	17	56	62	.300	.261 (+15%)	.324 (+11%)	.388 (+18%)	.712 (+15%)	1722.6
1983	LAN	NL	149	531	71	138	25	1	15	73	7	72	59	.260	.260 (avg)	.324 (+7%)	.389 (+2%)	.714 (+4%)	552.1
1984	SFN	NL	100	243	31	71	7	2	3	32	4	40	27	.292	.259 (+12%)	.322 (+20%)	.384 (-3%)	.707 (+8%)	502.5
1985	OAK	AL	111	343	48	92	15	1	14	52	2	50	47	.268	.257 (+4%)	.323 (+11%)	.390 (+13%)	.714 (+12%)	865.0
1986	OAK	AL	83	242	25	58	8	0	4	19	0	27	37	.240	.257 (-7%)	.325 (-4%)	.395 (-18%)	.720 (-12%)	-415.3
Career · 19 seasons			2,039	7,117	964	1,981	320	23	242	1,013	137	762	926	.278	—	—	—	—	15,224

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Dusty Baker — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
40	149	23	42	6	0	5	21	12	14	.282

Playoff Batting by Year

Dusty Baker — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1983	NLCS	LAN	4	14	4	5	1	1	1	2	0	.357
1981	NLCS	LAN	5	19	3	6	1	0	3	1	0	.316
1981	NWDIV	LAN	5	18	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	.167
1981	WS	LAN	6	24	3	4	0	0	1	1	6	.167
1978	NLCS	LAN	4	15	1	7	2	0	1	3	0	.467
1978	WS	LAN	6	21	2	5	0	1	1	1	3	.238
1977	NLCS	LAN	4	14	4	5	1	2	8	2	3	.357
1977	WS	LAN	6	24	4	7	0	1	5	0	2	.292

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Dusty Baker — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1027	3526	498	989	121	507	.280
Away	1011	3587	465	991	121	506	.276

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dusty Baker — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
1986-10-04	OAK	KCR	L	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
1986-10-03	OAK	KCR	L	3	1	1	0	0	1	1
1986-10-01	OAK	TEX	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986-09-22	OAK	CHW	W	2	1	2	0	0	0	0
1986-09-17	OAK	TEX	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986-09-14	OAK	CLE	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
1986-09-12	OAK	CLE	L	4	0	1	0	1	0	0
1986-09-11	OAK	CHW	W	3	0	3	2	1	0	0
1986-09-09	OAK	CHW	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986-09-03	OAK	NYY	W	4	1	1	1	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dusty Baker — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	61	54	410	26	3	33
OF	1842	1778	3663	110	56	21

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dusty Baker — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1968	ATL	OF	3	0	0	0	0	0
1969	ATL	OF	3	2	2	0	0	0
1970	ATL	OF	11	5	11	1	3	0
1971	ATL	OF	18	12	29	1	0	1
1972	ATL	OF	123	115	344	8	4	1
1973	ATL	OF	156	155	390	10	7	1
1974	ATL	OF	148	148	359	10	7	2
1975	ATL	OF	136	134	287	10	3	0
1976	LAN	OF	106	97	254	3	1	1
1977	LAN	OF	152	151	227	8	3	2
1978	LAN	OF	145	142	250	13	4	1
1979	LAN	OF	150	147	289	14	3	4
1980	LAN	OF	151	149	308	5	3	3
1981	LAN	OF	101	101	181	8	2	1
1982	LAN	OF	144	142	226	7	6	1
1983	LAN	OF	143	142	249	4	5	2
1984	SFN	OF	62	59	112	1	3	0
1985	OAK	1B	58	53	400	26	3	33
1985	OAK	OF	35	25	65	3	2	0
1986	OAK	1B	3	1	10	0	0	0
1986	OAK	OF	55	52	80	4	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Dusty Baker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	61
Left Field	1091
Center Field	487
Right Field	349
Designated Hitter	28

Awards & Honors

Dusty Baker — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1983	Player of the Month	July
1983	Player of the Week	Week of 1983-07-15
1982	Player of the Week	Week of 1982-09-10
1981	Gold Glove	OF
1981	Silver Slugger	OF
1980	Player of the Month	June
1980	Silver Slugger	OF
1980	TSN All-Star	OF
1979	Player of the Week	Week of 1979-05-26
1977	NLCS MVP

Salary History

Dusty Baker — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1986	OAK	AL	$475,000
1985	OAK	AL	$575,000
Total Career Earnings			$1,050,000

Award Voting History

Dusty Baker — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1981	Most Valuable Player	NL	7th	65.0	336
1980	Most Valuable Player	NL	4th	138.0	336
1972	Most Valuable Player	NL	22th	5.0	336

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Career Spans

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Dusty Baker: the record in brief

Dusty Baker's major league career runs from a debut on September 7, 1968 to a final game on October 4, 1986. The season rows list, in order, the Atlanta Braves (1968 to 1975), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1976 through 1983), the San Francisco Giants (1984), and the Oakland Athletics (1985 through 1986). Born on June 15, 1949, in Riverside, CA, USA, Baker is listed as an outfielder and batted and threw right-handed. Baker's listed size is 183 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame. The given name on file is Johnnie B. Baker.

Baker collected 1,981 hits in 7,117 at bats across 2,039 games, good for a .278 batting average; the totals also include 242 homers, 1,013 RBI, and 137 stolen bases. Baker got on base at a .347 rate and slugged .432 (.779 OPS). Measured against the leagues Baker played in, the .278 career average compares with a .256 league average over the same seasons, 8.6% above the league. By OPS the gap is 11.0% above league average (.779 against .701).

Frequently Asked Questions about Dusty Baker

What years did Dusty Baker play?: Dusty Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1968 to 1986.
Was Dusty Baker a pitcher?: No. Dusty Baker was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Dusty Baker hit?: Dusty Baker hit 242 career home runs with 1981 hits.
What was Dusty Baker's career batting average?: Dusty Baker batted .278 over his career, with 1,981 hits in 7,117 at bats.
How many RBI did Dusty Baker have?: Dusty Baker drove in 1,013 runs in his career.
Is Dusty Baker in the Hall of Fame?: No. Dusty Baker has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.