How Dusty Baker's Plate Appearances per Strikeout Compares to Similar Players

Dusty Baker posted a career Plate Appearances per Strikeout of 8.66, above the league average of 7.35 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Plate Appearances per Strikeout season came in 1984, posting 10.63, well above the league average of 6.97 that year. The lowest point came in 1969 at 2.33, well below the league average of 6.68 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 10.63 in 1984 to 8.43 in 1985 and 7.32 in 1986. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Plate Appearances per Strikeout profile — ranging from 2.33 to 10.63 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Dusty Baker Lifetime Plate Appearances per Strikeout

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Dusty Baker
Plate Appearances per Strikeout
Career8.66
Season Avg.8.66
162 Game Avg.8.66
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Dusty Baker Plate Appearances per Strikeout Per Season

Dusty Baker's Plate Appearances per Strikeout for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dusty Baker Plate Appearances per Strikeout per season line chart

Dusty Baker Plate Appearances per Strikeout by Team

Dusty Baker's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dusty Baker career Plate Appearances per Strikeout by team bar chart

Dusty Baker Plate Appearances per Strikeout Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dusty Baker's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Dusty Baker Plate Appearances per Strikeout year-over-year waterfall chart

Dusty Baker Plate Appearances per Strikeout Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dusty Baker's seasonal Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Dusty Baker Plate Appearances per Strikeout distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dusty Baker Plate Appearances per Strikeout — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dusty Baker's MLB career with Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Dusty Baker Plate Appearances per Strikeout season-by-season breakdown table