Luken Baker
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 285LBS | Age: 28
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
2025 36 30 2 7 0 0 .233 .361 .300 .661
3 Seasons 184 156 14 32 4 1 .205 .315 .333 .648
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .209 2 0 .627
2024 .175 2 1 .686
2025 .233 0 0 .661
3 Seasons .205 4 1 .648
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Hits Spray Chart

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
2025 28 142 20 2 10.0 6.1 96.1 109.5 18.9 30.0 .254 .395 .318 .341 .389 60.0 24.2 15.2
Player 791 106 8 7.5 4.4 93.0 111.1 17.1 34.9 .227 .372 .294 .315 .375 55.7 27.6 13.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2023 36.4 63.6 30.9 25.5 7.3 34.5 43.6 21.8 16.4 20.0 0.0 18.2 23.6 21.8
2024 38.7 61.3 32.3 16.1 12.9 38.7 29.0 32.3 9.7 19.4 9.7 29.0 9.7 22.6
2025 40.0 60.0 15.0 25.0 20.0 50.0 40.0 10.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 30.0 20.0 10.0
Player 37.7 62.3 28.3 22.6 11.3 38.7 38.7 22.6 15.1 19.8 2.8 23.6 18.9 19.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 3.6 20.0 25.5 29.1 14.5 7.3 4.0
2024 0.0 32.3 32.3 19.4 9.7 6.5 4.1
2025 5.0 20.0 20.0 30.0 15.0 10.0 6.1
Player 2.8 23.6 26.4 26.4 13.2 7.5 4.4
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -1 55 38.7 10 .125 .125 .230 44.0 40.0 21.1 .161 .283 .291 50.0
2025 Sinker -0.3 0 23 16.2 8 .143 .286 .356 18.2 0.0 0.0 .245 .396 .323 57.1
2025 Changeup 5.5 1 20 14.1 6 .600 .800 .625 30.0 0.0 0.0 .485 .590 .507 40.0
2025 Slider -5.9 -1 17 12.0 5 .000 .000 .140 60.0 60.0 50.0 .129 .139 .233 100.0
2025 Sweeper -1.6 0 11 7.7 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 16.7 -- -- .000 --
2025 Cutter -1.3 0 10 7.0 -- -- -- 20.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2025 Curveball 15.7 1 6 4.2 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .390 .844 .523 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -1 70 34.8 11 .000 .000 .273 29.0 18.2 10.0 .111 .159 .308 66.7
2024 Slider 0.1 0 43 21.4 10 .286 .571 .390 36.8 20.0 13.3 .219 .284 .295 33.3
2024 Sinker -8.7 -2 24 11.9 10 .000 .000 .070 25.0 10.0 25.0 .160 .184 .207 62.5
2024 Curveball -5.2 -1 16 8.0 3 .000 .000 .000 83.3 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Changeup 3.5 1 16 8.0 4 .500 .500 .450 37.5 25.0 16.7 .187 .198 .168 33.3
2024 Cutter 2.1 0 16 8.0 6 .200 .800 .450 12.5 0.0 0.0 .349 .890 .544 80.0
2024 Sweeper 18.1 2 13 6.5 4 .500 1.500 .813 33.3 25.0 16.7 .309 .779 .456 66.7
2024 Split-Finger -4.6 0 3 1.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 99 448 -10 1 6 1 -2
2024 49 201 -3 0 1 0 -1
2025 33 142 -3 1 1 0 0
Player 181 791 -16 3 8 -16 -3
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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
2025 142 50.7 69.4 70.0 18.6 46.2 43.0 24.2 44.4 34.9 12.0 64.7
Player 791 47.0 65.9 75.9 22.9 45.8 43.1 21.0 43.1 32.6 8.0 66.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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
2025 61 9
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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
2025 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
Player 22.6 4 4.0 0 4 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 2 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
2025 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 4 1 3 4 5 4 5 2 5 2 5 5 2 4 5 4 3 2 6 6 4 6 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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 93.1 -2.1 91.0 5.1 96.1
Launch Angle 16.9 -0.7 16.2 2.7 18.9
Barrel % 7.3 -0.8 6.5 3.5 10.0
Hard Hit % 52.7 5.4 58.1 1.9 60.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 38.2 -5.9 32.3 -2.3 30.0
xBA .237 -0.050 .187 0.067 .254
BA .209 -0.034 .175 0.075 .250
xwOBA .320 -0.032 .288 0.053 .341
wOBA .285 0.009 .294 0.024 .318
xSLG .384 -0.056 .328 0.067 .395
SLG .314 0.086 .400 -0.079 .321
K% 31.3 -8.9 22.4 1.8 24.2
BB% 13.1 1.2 14.3 0.9 15.2
Swing % 41.7 3.6 45.3 -0.9 44.4
Whiff% 31.6 1.4 33.0 1.9 34.9
In Zone % 45.5 2.3 47.8 2.9 50.7
Out of Zone % 54.5 -2.3 52.2 -2.9 49.3
Out of Zone Swing % 23.0 2.7 25.7 -7.1 18.6
First Pitch Swing % 17.2 9.3 26.5 -2.3 24.2
First Pitch Strike % 53.5 5.7 59.2 -13.7 45.5
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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
2025 Shades R 33 14 42.4 .271 .382
! 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%
2025 32 15.3 37.5% 0.0% 32 17.0 9.4% 0.0%
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