{"sport":"mlb","slug":"doug-baird","bio":{"fullName":"Doug Baird","position":"3B","team":"SF","heightInches":70,"weightLbs":148,"birthDate":"1891-09-27","rookieSeason":1915,"lastSeason":1920,"status":"RET","externalIds":{"mlbam":"110459","chadwick":"d12831d7","retro":"baird101","wikidata":"Q5300262"}},"draft":null,"statTables":[{"id":"batting","label":"Batting","columns":[{"key":"g"},{"key":"ab"},{"key":"r"},{"key":"h"},{"key":"doubles"},{"key":"triples"},{"key":"hr"},{"key":"rbi"},{"key":"sb"},{"key":"bb"},{"key":"so"},{"key":"avg"},{"key":"obp"},{"key":"slg"},{"key":"ops"}],"rows":[{"season":1915,"seasonType":"REG","team":"PIT","gamesPlayed":145,"values":{"g":145,"ab":512,"r":49,"h":112,"doubles":26,"triples":12,"hr":1,"rbi":53,"sb":29,"bb":37,"so":88,"avg":0.219,"obp":0.277,"slg":0.322,"ops":0.599},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1916,"seasonType":"REG","team":"PIT","gamesPlayed":128,"values":{"g":128,"ab":430,"r":41,"h":93,"doubles":10,"triples":7,"hr":1,"rbi":28,"sb":20,"bb":24,"so":49,"avg":0.216,"obp":0.263,"slg":0.279,"ops":0.542},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1917,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":147,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"g":147,"ab":499,"r":55,"h":127,"doubles":25,"triples":13,"hr":0,"rbi":42,"sb":26,"bb":43,"so":71,"avg":0.255,"slg":0.357,"obp":null,"ops":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1917,"seasonType":"REG","team":"PIT","gamesPlayed":43,"values":{"g":43,"ab":135,"r":17,"h":35,"doubles":6,"triples":1,"hr":0,"rbi":18,"sb":8,"bb":20,"so":19,"avg":0.259,"obp":0.355,"slg":0.319,"ops":0.674},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1917,"seasonType":"REG","team":"STL","gamesPlayed":104,"values":{"g":104,"ab":364,"r":38,"h":92,"doubles":19,"triples":12,"hr":0,"rbi":24,"sb":18,"bb":23,"so":52,"avg":0.253,"obp":0.301,"slg":0.371,"ops":0.672},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1918,"seasonType":"REG","team":"STL","gamesPlayed":82,"values":{"g":82,"ab":316,"r":41,"h":78,"doubles":12,"triples":8,"hr":2,"rbi":25,"sb":25,"bb":25,"so":42,"avg":0.247,"obp":0.304,"slg":0.354,"ops":0.658},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1919,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":105,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"g":105,"ab":335,"r":43,"h":79,"doubles":13,"triples":5,"hr":2,"rbi":42,"sb":18,"bb":25,"so":41,"avg":0.236,"slg":0.322,"obp":null,"ops":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1919,"seasonType":"REG","team":"LAD","gamesPlayed":20,"values":{"g":20,"ab":60,"r":6,"h":11,"doubles":0,"triples":1,"hr":0,"rbi":8,"sb":3,"bb":1,"so":10,"avg":0.183,"obp":0.197,"slg":0.217,"ops":0.414},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1919,"seasonType":"REG","team":"PHI","gamesPlayed":66,"values":{"g":66,"ab":242,"r":33,"h":61,"doubles":13,"triples":3,"hr":2,"rbi":30,"sb":13,"bb":22,"so":28,"avg":0.252,"obp":0.317,"slg":0.355,"ops":0.672},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1919,"seasonType":"REG","team":"STL","gamesPlayed":19,"values":{"g":19,"ab":33,"r":4,"h":7,"doubles":0,"triples":1,"hr":0,"rbi":4,"sb":2,"bb":2,"so":3,"avg":0.212,"obp":0.257,"slg":0.273,"ops":0.53},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1920,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":13,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"g":13,"ab":14,"r":1,"h":3,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":1,"sb":0,"bb":3,"so":4,"avg":0.214,"slg":0.214,"obp":null,"ops":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1920,"seasonType":"REG","team":"LAD","gamesPlayed":6,"values":{"g":6,"ab":6,"r":1,"h":2,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":1,"sb":0,"bb":2,"so":1,"avg":0.333,"obp":0.556,"slg":0.333,"ops":0.889},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1920,"seasonType":"REG","team":"SF","gamesPlayed":7,"values":{"g":7,"ab":8,"r":0,"h":1,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":0,"sb":0,"bb":1,"so":3,"avg":0.125,"obp":0.222,"slg":0.125,"ops":0.347},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"g":620,"ab":2106,"r":230,"h":492,"doubles":86,"triples":45,"hr":6,"rbi":191,"sb":118,"bb":157,"so":295,"avg":0.234,"obp":0.291,"slg":0.326,"ops":0.617}}},{"id":"advanced","label":"Advanced (League-Relative)","columns":[{"key":"ops_plus","label":"OPS+","description":"On-base plus slugging vs the player's own season+league (100 = league average). Park-unadjusted; OBP uses a consistent (H+BB)/(AB+BB) rate. Higher is better.","format":"int","higherIsBetter":true},{"key":"era_plus","label":"ERA+","description":"Earned-run average vs the player's own season+league (100 = league average). Park-unadjusted. Higher is better.","format":"int","higherIsBetter":true}],"rows":[{"season":1915,"seasonType":"REG","team":"PIT","values":{"ops_plus":87,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1916,"seasonType":"REG","team":"PIT","values":{"ops_plus":71,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1917,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":null,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"ops_plus":null,"era_plus":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1917,"seasonType":"REG","team":"PIT","values":{"ops_plus":115,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1917,"seasonType":"REG","team":"STL","values":{"ops_plus":112,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1918,"seasonType":"REG","team":"STL","values":{"ops_plus":107,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1919,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":null,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"ops_plus":null,"era_plus":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1919,"seasonType":"REG","team":"LAD","values":{"ops_plus":28,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1919,"seasonType":"REG","team":"PHI","values":{"ops_plus":108,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1919,"seasonType":"REG","team":"STL","values":{"ops_plus":65,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1920,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":null,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"ops_plus":null,"era_plus":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1920,"seasonType":"REG","team":"LAD","values":{"ops_plus":151,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1920,"seasonType":"REG","team":"SF","values":{"ops_plus":5,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"ops_plus":93,"era_plus":null}},"advancedMeta":{"method":"computed in-house from MLB StatsAPI season batting/pitching lines, normalized to each player's own (season, league) baseline","formulas":{"era_plus":"100 * lgERA / playerERA (league ERA = 9 * ΣER / ΣIP over the season+league)","ops_plus":"100 * (OBP/lgOBP + SLG/lgSLG - 1)","career_era_plus":"innings-weighted league ERA / career ERA (B-Ref method)","career_ops_plus":"AB-weighted OBP & SLG against AB-weighted league rates"},"caveats":["PARK-UNADJUSTED: no park-factor data exists in the corpus, so these are league-relative but not park-adjusted (true B-Ref ERA+/OPS+ also divide by a park factor)","OBP baseline uses a consistent (H+BB)/(AB+BB) reached-base rate for BOTH player and league — the source feed carries no HBP or SF, so this is not the full (H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF) OBP; SLG is exact from the hit-type columns","league resolved from team code + season (most-recently-founded franchise existing by that season); the same resolver builds the baseline and looks up the player, so ratios stay internally coherent","a (season, league) bucket below the sample floor (3000 AB batting / 1000 IP pitching) yields null — no noisy baselines","regular season only; postseason lines are excluded from league baselines and metrics","AL and NL and each historical/Negro league are normalized separately — never blended across leagues or eras"]}}],"dataSources":["MLB StatsAPI (statsapi.mlb.com — official public league API; facts only, raw payloads not republished)"],"generatedAt":"2026-07-03T07:40:28.886Z"}