Sam Baker

Loris Hoskins Baker

Position: K-FB

6-2, 217lb (188cm, 98kg)

Born: November 12, 1929 in San Francisco, CA

Died: June 5, 2007 in Tacoma, WA

College: Oregon St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 47 (1928th overall since 1960)

High School: Stadium (WA)

Draft: Los Angeles Rams in the 11th round (133rd overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.

4x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

195

Pnt

703

Yds

29938

Lng

Kicking

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	AV	Awards
1953	24	WAS	FB	45	11	0
1956*	27	WAS	K	49	12	0											25	17		68.0%	19	16	84.2%							PB
1957	28	WAS	K	49	12	0											23	14		60.9%	30	29	96.7%
1958	29	WAS	P	49	12	0											26	13		50.0%	25	25	100.0%
1959	30	WAS	K	49	12	0											22	10		45.5%	22	21	95.5%
1960	31	CLE	K	38	12	0	5	5	5	4	1	1	9	2			20	12	44	60.0%	46	44	95.7%						7
1961	32	CLE	P	38	14	0																							3
1962	33	DAL	K	38	14	0	5	5	2	1	10	5	4	2	6	1	27	14	53	51.9%	51	50	98.0%						8
1963*	34	DAL	K	38	14	0	3	2	6	3	1	1	7	2	3	1	20	9	53	45.0%	38	38	100.0%						7	PB
1964*	35	PHI	K	38	14	0	5	5	5	2	1	1	14	8	1		26	16	48	61.5%	37	36	97.3%						7	PB
1965	36	PHI	K	38	12	0	3	2	8	4	6	3	4		2		23	9	39	39.1%	40	38	95.0%						1
1966	37	PHI	K	38	14	0	4	4	2	2	8	8	7	3	4	1	25	18	51	72.0%	39	38	97.4%						9
1967	38	PHI	K	38	14	0	2	2	3	2	9	7	4	1	1		19	12	41	63.2%	45	45	100.0%						6
1968*	39	PHI	K	38	14	0	8	7	5	4	12	7	5	1			30	19	44	63.3%	21	17	81.0%						5	PB
1969	40	PHI	K	38	14	0	6	4	3	2	6	4	13	6	2		30	16	47	53.3%	31	31	100.0%						4
Career					195		41	36	39	24	54	37	67	25	19	3	316	179	53	56.6%	444	428	96.4%						57
6 yrs		PHI			82	0	28	24	26	16	42	30	47	19	10	1	153	90	51	58.8%	213	205	96.2%						32
5 yrs		WAS			59	0											96	54	49	56.3%	96	91	94.8%
2 yrs		CLE			26	0	5	5	5	4	1	1	9	2			20	12	44	60.0%	46	44	95.7%						10
2 yrs		DAL			28	0	8	7	8	4	11	6	11	4	9	2	47	23	53	48.9%	89	88	98.9%						15

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Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1953	24	WAS	FB	45	11	0	17	614	36.1	51	0
1956*	27	WAS	K	49	12	0	59	2510	42.5	56	0
1957	28	WAS	K	49	12	0	50	2139	42.8	63	0
1958	29	WAS	P	49	12	0	48	2181	45.4	64	0
1959	30	WAS	K	49	12	0	49	2229	45.5	66	0
1960	31	CLE	K	38	12	0	55	2309	42.0	64	0
1961	32	CLE	P	38	14	0	53	2296	43.3	62	0
1962	33	DAL	K	38	14	0	57	2589	45.4	72	0
1963*	34	DAL	K	38	14	0	71	3138	44.2	64	0
1964*	35	PHI	K	38	14	0	49	2073	42.3	61	1
1965	36	PHI	K	38	12	0	37	1551	41.9	60	0
1966	37	PHI	K	38	14	0	42	1726	41.1	63	0
1967	38	PHI	K	38	14	0	61	2335	38.3	53	1
1968*	39	PHI	K	38	14	0	55	2248	40.9	57	0
Career					195		703	29938	42.6	72	2
6 yrs		PHI			82	0	244	9933	40.7	63	2
5 yrs		WAS			59	0	223	9673	43.4	66	0
2 yrs		CLE			26	0	108	4605	42.6	64	0
2 yrs		DAL			28	0	128	5727	44.7	72	0

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1953	24	WAS	FB	45	11	0	17	72	1	32	4.2	6.5	1.5	2	21	10.5	0	11	0.2	1.9	19	4.9	93	1	2
1956*	27	WAS	K	49	12	0	25	117	0	32	4.7	9.8	2.1	4	35	8.8	0	17	0.3	2.9	29	5.2	152	0	3
1957	28	WAS	K	49	12	0	2	23	1	12	11.5	1.9	0.2				0				2	11.5	23	1	0
1959	30	WAS	K	49	12	0	2	3	0	5	1.5	0.3	0.2				0				2	1.5	3	0	0
1960	31	CLE	K	38	12	0	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-0.9	0.1				0				1	-11.0	-11	0	0
1963*	34	DAL	K	38	14	0	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.1	0.1				0				1	15.0	15	0	0
1966	37	PHI	K	38	14	0	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.1	0.1				0				1	15.0	15	0	0
1968*	39	PHI	K	38	14	0			0					1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.2	1	3.0	3	0	0
Career					195		49	234	2	32	4.8	1.2	0.3	7	59	8.4	0	17	0.0	0.3	56	5.2	293	2	5
6 yrs		PHI			82	0	1	15	0	15	15.0	0.2	0.0	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.0	0.0	2	9.0	18	0
5 yrs		WAS			59	0	46	215	2	32	4.7	3.6	0.8	6	56	9.3	0	17	0.1	0.9	52	5.2	271	2	5
2 yrs		CLE			26	0	1	-11	0	0	-11.0	-0.4	0.0				0				1	-11.0	-11	0
2 yrs		DAL			28	0	1	15	0	15	15.0	0.5	0.0				0				1	15.0	15	0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1953	24	WAS	FB	45	11	0			0			9	186	0	40	20.7	279
1956*	27	WAS	K	49	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			152
1961	32	CLE	P	38	14	0			0			3	57	0	25	19.0	57
Career					195		1	0	0	0	0.0	12	243	0	40	20.3	536
6 yrs		PHI			82	0			0					0			18
5 yrs		WAS			59	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	9	186	0	40	20.7	457
2 yrs		CLE			26	0			0			3	57	0	25	19.0	46
2 yrs		DAL			28	0			0					0			15

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1962	33	DAL	K	38	14	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1968*	39	PHI	K	38	14	0	1	1	100.0	58	1	100.0	0	0.0	58	58.0	78.0	58.0	4.1	158.3	0	0	0.0	58.00	78.00
Career					195		1	2	50.0	58	1	50.0	0	0.0	58	29.0	39.0	58.0	0.3	135.4	0	0	0.0	29.00	39.00	0	0
6 yrs		PHI			82	0	1	1	100.0	58	1	100.0	0	0.0	58	58.0	78.0	58.0	0.7	158.3	0	0	0.0	58.00	78.00
5 yrs		WAS			59	0					0															0	0
2 yrs		CLE			26	0					0
2 yrs		DAL			28	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1953	24	WAS	FB	45	11	0			0				2	1	0	0
1956*	27	WAS	K	49	12	0			0				3	0	0	0
1957	28	WAS	K	49	12	0			0				0	1	0	0
1961	32	CLE	P	38	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
1966	37	PHI	K	38	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					195				0				5	4	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		PHI			82	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
5 yrs		WAS			59	0			0				5	2	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		CLE			26	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		DAL			28	0			0							0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1953	24	WAS	FB	45	11	0	1	1						6	0.5
1956*	27	WAS	K	49	12	0				16	19	17	25	67	5.6
1957	28	WAS	K	49	12	0	1	1		29	30	14	23	77	6.4
1958	29	WAS	P	49	12	0				25	25	13	26	64	5.3
1959	30	WAS	K	49	12	0				21	22	10	22	51	4.3
1960	31	CLE	K	38	12	0				44	46	12	20	80	6.7
1962	33	DAL	K	38	14	0				50	51	14	27	92	6.6
1963*	34	DAL	K	38	14	0				38	38	9	20	65	4.6
1964*	35	PHI	K	38	14	0				36	37	16	26	84	6.0
1965	36	PHI	K	38	12	0				38	40	9	23	65	5.4
1966	37	PHI	K	38	14	0				38	39	18	25	92	6.6
1967	38	PHI	K	38	14	0				45	45	12	19	81	5.8
1968*	39	PHI	K	38	14	0				17	21	19	30	74	5.3
1969	40	PHI	K	38	14	0				31	31	16	30	79	5.6
Career					195		2	2	0	428	444	179	316	977	5.0
6 yrs		PHI			82	0			0	205	213	90	153	475	5.8
5 yrs		WAS			59	0	2	2	0	91	96	54	96	265	4.5
2 yrs		CLE			26	0			0	44	46	12	20	80	3.1
2 yrs		DAL			28	0			0	88	89	23	47	157	5.6

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Sam Baker born?

Sam Baker was born on November 12, 1929.

Where was Sam Baker born?

Sam Baker was born in San Francisco, CA.

How tall was Sam Baker?

Sam Baker was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Sam Baker weigh when playing?

Sam Baker weighed 217 lbs (98 kg) when playing.

Is Sam Baker in the Hall of Fame?

Sam Baker has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Sam Baker play?

Sam Baker played 195 games over his career.

How many receiving yards did Sam Baker have?

Sam Baker had 29,938 receiving yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Sam Baker won?

Sam Baker never won a Super Bowl.

When did Sam Baker retire?

Sam Baker last played in 1969.

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How many Super Bowls has Sam Baker won?

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