What years did Scott Baker play?

Scott Baker played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2015.

Was Scott Baker a pitcher?

Yes. Scott Baker pitched in the major leagues, recording 66 wins and 839 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Scott Baker hit?

Scott Baker hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.

What was Scott Baker's career batting average?

Scott Baker batted .094 over his career, with 3 hits in 32 at bats.

What was Scott Baker's career ERA?

Scott Baker finished with a 4.26 career ERA, going 66-53 with 839 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Scott Baker have?

Scott Baker recorded 839 career strikeouts.

Scott Baker

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2005-2015)

Scott Baker was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2015 for 4 teams, including the Minnesota Twins, a span of 11 seasons. Across 193 career appearances, he went 66-53 with a 4.26 ERA and 839 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 4069.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 66–53

ERA 4.26

WHIP 1.25

SO 839

Pitcher PIV 4069.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 215 lb
Born: 9/19/1981 in Shreveport, LA, USA
MLB Debut: 2005-05-07
Last Game: 2015-05-02

Full name: Timothy Scott Baker

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Career Pitching Statistics

Scott Baker — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
66	53	193	172	4	2	0	1064.2	1,089	504	145	245	839	4.26	4069.1

Career ERA 4.26 vs. league average 4.15 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Scott Baker (b. 1981) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2005	MIN	AL	3	3	10	9	0	0	53.2	48	20	14	32	3.35	4.29 (+22%)	637.1
2006	MIN	AL	5	8	16	16	0	0	83.1	114	59	16	62	6.37	4.53 (-41%)	-974.8
2007	MIN	AL	9	9	24	23	2	1	143.2	162	68	29	102	4.26	4.47 (+5%)	2167.5
2008	MIN	AL	11	4	28	28	0	0	172.1	161	66	42	141	3.45	4.32 (+20%)	2391.5
2009	MIN	AL	15	9	33	33	1	1	200.0	190	97	48	162	4.37	4.32 (-1%)	1273.7
2010	MIN	AL	12	9	29	29	0	0	170.1	186	85	43	148	4.49	4.08 (-10%)	529.5
2011	MIN	AL	8	6	23	21	1	0	134.2	126	47	32	123	3.14	3.94 (+20%)	1708.4
2013	CHN	NL	0	0	3	3	0	0	15.0	9	6	4	6	3.60	3.87 (+7%)	-668.4
2014	TEX	AL	3	4	25	8	0	0	80.2	82	49	14	55	5.47	3.74 (-46%)	-2098.1
2015	LAN	NL	0	1	2	2	0	0	11.0	11	7	3	8	5.73	3.96 (-45%)	-897.3
Career · 10 seasons			66	53	193	172	4	2	1,064.2	1,089	504	245	839	4.26	—	4,069

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.

Career Batting Statistics

Scott Baker — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
193	32	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	.094	.094	.125	.219	0

Career AVG .094 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 63.9% below league average.

Career OBP .094 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 71.3% below league average.

Career SLG .125 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 69.5% below league average.

Career OPS .219 vs. league average .736 across their career seasons — 70.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Scott Baker (b. 1981) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2005	MIN	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	MIN	AL	16	3	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	MIN	AL	24	6	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	MIN	AL	28	2	1	1	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	MIN	AL	33	6	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	MIN	AL	29	3	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	MIN	AL	23	5	0	2	1	1	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	CHN	NL	3	3	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	TEX	AL	25	1	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	LAN	NL	2	3	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			193	32	1	3	1	13	.094	—	—	—	—	0

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

Scott Baker — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Scott Baker — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2010	ALDS2	MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Scott Baker — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	0	0	2.1	3	1	0	2	3.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Scott Baker — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2010	ALDS2	MIN	0	0	1	0	0	2.1	3	1	0	2	3.86

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Scott Baker — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	95	3	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	97	29	1	3	0	0	.103

Pitching — Home / Away

Scott Baker — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	95	518.0	520	238	104	405	4.14
Away	97	540.2	563	263	139	432	4.38

Last 10 Games — Batting

Scott Baker — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2015-05-02	LAD	AZ	W	2	1
2015-04-26	LAD	SDP	L	1	0
2014-09-27	TEX	OAK	W	0	0
2014-09-05	TEX	SEA	L	0	0
2014-08-29	TEX	HOU	W	0	0
2014-08-24	TEX	KCR	W	0	0
2014-08-12	TEX	TBR	W	0	0
2014-08-11	TEX	TBR	L	0	0
2014-08-09	TEX	HOU	L	0	0
2014-08-01	TEX	CLE	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Scott Baker — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2015-05-02	LAD	AZ	—	4.0	7	4	4	1	2	2
2015-04-26	LAD	SDP	L	7.0	4	3	3	2	6	2
2014-09-27	TEX	OAK	—	4.0	4	2	2	0	5	1
2014-09-05	TEX	SEA	L	4.1	4	5	5	1	3	3
2014-08-29	TEX	HOU	W	6.1	6	2	2	1	3	1
2014-08-24	TEX	KCR	W	5.0	5	1	1	1	1	1
2014-08-12	TEX	TBR	W	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2014-08-11	TEX	TBR	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
2014-08-09	TEX	HOU	—	1.0	1	1	1	1	3	0
2014-08-01	TEX	CLE	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Scott Baker — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	193	172	76	69	4	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Scott Baker — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2005	MIN	P	10	9	8	3	0	1
2006	MIN	P	16	16	5	6	0	0
2007	MIN	P	24	23	9	10	2	1
2008	MIN	P	28	28	10	11	1	2
2009	MIN	P	33	33	9	17	0	0
2010	MIN	P	29	29	15	13	1	1
2011	MIN	P	23	21	11	6	0	0
2013	CHN	P	3	3	2	1	0	0
2014	TEX	P	25	8	6	1	0	1
2015	LAN	P	2	2	1	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Scott Baker (b. 1981) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	193

Salary History

Scott Baker — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2013	CHN	NL	$5,500,000
2012	MIN	AL	$6,500,000
2011	MIN	AL	$5,000,000
2010	MIN	AL	$3,000,000
2009	MIN	AL	$750,000
2008	MIN	AL	$422,500
2006	MIN	AL	$330,000
Total Career Earnings			$21,502,500

College History

Scott Baker — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Oklahoma State University	Stillwater	OK	2001, 2002, 2003

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Scott Baker: the record in brief

According to the bio, Scott Baker debuted on May 7, 2005 and played a final game on May 2, 2015. The season rows list, in order, the Minnesota Twins (2005 through 2011), the Chicago Cubs (2013), the Texas Rangers (2014), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2015). Listed as a pitcher, Baker both batted and threw right-handed. Baker is listed at 6 feet, 4 inches and 215 pounds. Baker was born on September 19, 1981, in Shreveport, LA, USA. Baker's full given name, per the bio, is Timothy Scott Baker.

Baker pitched in 193 games, starting 172, and finished with a 66-53 record and 4.26 ERA. The totals include 839 strikeouts. Baker's 4.26 ERA was close to the 4.15 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 15, in 2009. 2011 was Baker's sharpest full season, a 3.14 ERA against the league's 3.94. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 4,069.1 for Baker's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Scott Baker

What years did Scott Baker play?: Scott Baker played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2015.
Was Scott Baker a pitcher?: Yes. Scott Baker pitched in the major leagues, recording 66 wins and 839 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Scott Baker hit?: Scott Baker hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.
What was Scott Baker's career batting average?: Scott Baker batted .094 over his career, with 3 hits in 32 at bats.
What was Scott Baker's career ERA?: Scott Baker finished with a 4.26 career ERA, going 66-53 with 839 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Scott Baker have?: Scott Baker recorded 839 career strikeouts.