John Baker
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John David Baker (born January 20, 1981) is an American former professional baseball catcher.
He played for the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB).
In December 2015, Baker was hired as a Baseball Operations Assistant by the Chicago Cubs
Personal life
During the offseason, Baker has taught Physical Education at St. Isidore School in Danville, California, where his wife, Meghan, used to teach.
Baker enjoys broadcasting. He had a stint as a co-host with Rick Tittle on the Sports Byline USA radio network.
Baker is a philanthropist who was nominated for the Roberto Clemente Award. He visited the troops in the Middle East and helped victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
After leaving Berkeley to begin his baseball career, Baker chose to not finish his degree at Berkeley, ultimately completing an online Bachelor's through Arizona State.
Amateur career
Baker was born in Alameda, California, and raised in Walnut Creek, California, before attending the University of California, Berkeley. He played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League between 2000 and 2001, winning the league's 10th Player award in 2000 and 2001 and being named a league all-star in 2001. He led the Pac-10 Conference with a.383 batting average as a sophomore in 2002 and was selected to the All-Pac-10 team.
Professional career
Baker was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the amateur draft in 2002. In Michael Lewis' 2003 book Moneyball, he was mentioned several times. Baker was traded to the Florida Marlins for minor league first-baseman Jason Stokes in March 2007.
On July 9, 2008, Baker was called up to the majors after Matt Treanor went on the disabled list. Chan Ho Park of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit his first major league run on July 10. Baker and Ronny Paulino were both teammates in 2009-2010 Baker platooned, though Paulino was thrown out of place against left-handed pitchers, while Paulino faced left-handed pitchers.
Baker's right arm was on the disabled list in May 2010 with a strained flexor tendon. When the elbow did not improve, he had Tommy John surgery at the end of the 2010 season. He spent the majority of 2011 recovering and rejoined the Marlins in September, primarily as a pinch hitter.
Baker was traded by Wade LeBlanc to the San Diego Padres on November 22, 2011. Baker started 52 games and batting.238, throwing out 16% of base runners. He began the year as the back-up to Hundley in 2013. In April and May, he played 12 games for the Padres before being drafted to the Triple-A Tucson Padres when Grandal returned from his 50-game suspension. On June 10, 2013, he was selected for transfer.
Baker was released on waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 15, 2013 and assigned to AAA Albuquerque. On August 5, he was outrighted off the 40 man roster. He reached.203 in 40 games with the Isotopes. On October 1, he became a free agent.
Baker signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Chicago Cubs on December 13, 2013. As George Kottaras was banned, Baker took the backup catcher job out of spring training. Baker pitched a scoreless top of the 16th inning with a popout and double play on July 29, 2014, as the Cubs had exhausted their bullpen in a game against the Colorado Rockies. He walked from a full count to third base loaded and one out in the bottom half of the inning, finishing third. He won in the Cubs' longest game, by a long time. Baker became the fourth position player to win since 1968 and the first since Chris Davis did so in 2012. John is the only Cubs position player to ever be credited with a pitching win in the franchise's history.
On January 29, 2015, Baker agreed to a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners. He was released on May 20, 2015.
Coaching career
Baker joined the Chicago Cubs in 2015 as a special assistant with the baseball operations staff. He spent time with the Cubs as the mental skills coordinator and head applied mental skills coach. The Pittsburgh Pirates had hired Baker as the head of coaching and player growth on November 10, 2020.