Luken Baker
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 285LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 2C, #75, St. Louis Cardinals | TCU
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 99 86 9 18 2 0 .209 .313 .314 .627
2024 49 40 3 7 2 1 .175 .286 .400 .686
2 Seasons 148 126 12 25 4 1 .198 .304 .341 .645
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .209 2 0 .627
2024 .175 2 1 .686
2 Seasons .198 4 1 .645
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 26 448 55 4 7.3 4.0 93.1 111.1 16.9 38.2 .237 .384 .285 .320 .412 52.7 31.3 13.1
2024 27 201 31 2 6.5 4.1 91.0 109.3 16.2 32.3 .187 .328 .294 .288 .299 58.1 22.4 14.3
Player 649 86 6 7.0 4.1 92.3 111.1 16.6 36.0 .221 .366 .288 .310 .372 54.7 28.4 13.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 36.4 30.9 25.5 7.3 34.5 43.6 21.8 3.6 20.0 25.5 29.1 14.5 7.3 4.0
2024 38.7 32.3 16.1 12.9 38.7 29.0 32.3 0.0 32.3 32.3 19.4 9.7 6.5 4.1
Player 37.2 31.4 22.1 9.3 36.0 38.4 25.6 2.3 24.4 27.9 25.6 12.8 7.0 4.1
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -2 69 34.3 11 .000 .000 .273 30.0 18.2 10.5 .111 .159 .308 66.7
2024 Slider 1.2 1 43 21.4 10 .286 .571 .390 36.8 20.0 13.3 .219 .284 .295 33.3
2024 Sinker -10.4 -3 25 12.4 10 .000 .000 .070 23.1 10.0 20.0 .160 .184 .207 62.5
2024 Changeup 6.8 1 16 8.0 4 .500 .500 .450 37.5 25.0 16.7 .187 .198 .168 33.3
2024 Curveball -5.6 -1 16 8.0 3 .000 .000 .000 83.3 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Cutter 2.4 0 16 8.0 6 .200 .800 .450 12.5 0.0 0.0 .349 .890 .544 80.0
2024 Sweeper 22.6 3 13 6.5 4 .500 1.500 .813 33.3 25.0 16.7 .309 .779 .456 66.7
2024 Split-Finger -3.8 0 3 1.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -3 119 26.6 28 .208 .292 .286 28.0 35.7 25.6 .219 .323 .298 57.1
2023 Slider -3.8 -3 85 19.0 16 .000 .000 .044 48.7 50.0 25.8 .122 .265 .193 71.4
2023 Sinker -1.9 -1 77 17.2 19 .235 .235 .263 17.2 21.1 25.0 .309 .371 .338 53.8
2023 Cutter 1.3 1 57 12.7 12 .300 .300 .417 17.4 25.0 17.6 .334 .480 .410 57.1
2023 Curveball -0.2 0 45 10.0 8 .143 .143 .200 44.4 37.5 23.1 .156 .213 .225 25.0
2023 Changeup 1.9 1 37 8.3 9 .429 .857 .578 35.0 11.1 11.1 .325 .674 .481 33.3
2023 Sweeper 11.7 3 23 5.1 6 .333 1.000 .542 25.0 33.3 22.2 .228 .666 .363 50.0
2023 Split-Finger 13.1 0 3 0.7 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2023 Knuckleball 3.2 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 99 448 -8 0 5 1 -3
2024 49 201 -2 1 1 0 0
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 448 45.5 64.2 77.1 23.0 48.2 41.5 17.2 41.7 31.6 7.4 72.7
2024 201 47.8 66.7 78.1 25.7 40.7 46.8 26.5 45.3 33.0 6.5 53.8
Player 649 46.2 65.0 77.4 23.8 45.8 43.1 20.3 42.8 32.0 7.1 67.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2023 69 4
2024 52 5
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 23.2 2 1.5 1 1 2 0 0.0
2024 21.9 2 2.5 -1 2 3 0 0.0
Player 22.6 4 4.0 0 3 5 0 0.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1
2024 2 0 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
Player 4 1 4 4 5 4 5 2 5 2 5 4 2 4 5 4 3 2 6 6 4 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 4 5 3
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 93.1 91.0 -2.1
Launch Angle 16.9 16.2 -0.7
Barrel % 7.3 6.5 -0.8
Hard Hit % 52.7 58.1 5.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 38.2 32.3 -5.9
xBA .237 .187 -0.050
BA .209 .175 -0.034
xwOBA .320 .288 -0.032
wOBA .285 .294 0.009
xSLG .384 .328 -0.056
SLG .314 .400 0.086
K% 31.3 22.4 -8.9
BB% 13.1 14.3 1.2
Swing % 41.7 45.3 3.6
Whiff% 31.6 33.0 1.4
In Zone % 45.5 47.8 2.3
Out of Zone % 54.5 52.2 -2.3
Out of Zone Swing % 23.0 25.7 2.7
First Pitch Swing % 17.2 26.5 9.3
First Pitch Strike % 53.5 59.2 5.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades R 99 1 1.0 .288 .000
2024 Shades R 49 5 10.2 .287 .353
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 135 15.2 48.1% 1.5% 83 17.3 13.3% 0.0%
2024 52 15.8 32.7% 0.0% 43 18.8 7.0% 0.0%
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