Luken Baker

Bats R Throws R6'4" 280 lbBorn 1997 Houston, USADebut 2023Team ARIDraft 2015 R37 #1099 Houston Astros, Oak Ridge (TX) HS

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 69.9FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.06 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	90	80	17	3	0	4	9	24	0	0.213	0.294	0.389	0.683	0.177	0.300	26.4	9.9	93.2	0.20
2027	98	87	18	3	0	4	9	28	0	0.203	0.282	0.368	0.650	0.166	0.287	28.2	9.5	83.8	0.11

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 21 HIT+ the next season; 3 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Luis Medina	1991	85.4	did not play
2	Dennis Werth	1981	89.8	45.1	19
3	Brett Pill	2013	93.4	did not play
4	Tim Unroe	1999	77.4	-45.6	7
5	Chris Nyman	1983	80.2	did not play
6	Lance Niekro	2007	79.2	did not play
7	Jake Fox	2011	84.2	did not play
8	Taylor Jones	2022	71.6	did not play
9	Jim Beauchamp	1968	61.5	63.5	65
10	Tom Jones	1902	78.9	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			98		18	3	0	4		0	9	28	0.203	0.282	0.368	0.650	83.8
2026*	ARI	3	5	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400	2.3
2025	STL	19	41	3	8	3	0	0	2	0	7	10	0.235	0.366	0.324	0.689	107.4
2024	STL	21	49	3	7	1	1	2	10	1	7	11	0.175	0.286	0.400	0.686	87.6
2023	STL	33	99	9	18	3	0	2	10	0	13	31	0.209	0.313	0.314	0.627	77.7
Career		73	189	15	33	7	1	4	22	1	27	52	0.206	0.317	0.338	0.655	86.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	5	92.2	28.6	0.0	50.0	50.0	37.5	0.132	0.150	0.123
2025	41	94.6	22.1	8.3	54.2	32.9	20.5	0.217	0.376	0.328	25.1
2024	49	91.0	16.2	6.5	58.1	33.0	26.4	0.188	0.357	0.299	24.9
2023	99	93.1	16.9	7.3	52.7	31.6	23.2	0.233	0.382	0.318	24.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	1B	2	6	6	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2024	STL	1B	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2023	STL	1B	12	70	53	3	7	1.000	-1.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	211	3 HR, 0 SB	0.218	0.679
2025	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	265	10 HR, 0 SB	0.196	0.706
2025	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Bat	144	8 HR, 0 SB	0.273	0.903
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	409	18 HR, 0 SB	0.223	0.776
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	452	32 HR, 0 SB	0.231	0.880
2023	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	380	33 HR, 0 SB	0.334	1.159
2022	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	513	21 HR, 0 SB	0.228	0.682
2021	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	391	26 HR, 0 SB	0.248	0.852
2019	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Bat	496	10 HR, 1 SB	0.244	0.717
2018	A	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	156	3 HR, 0 SB	0.288	0.776
2018	Rk	GCL Cardinals	Bat	28	1 HR, 0 SB	0.500	1.244

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.300	0.000		0.180
2025	0.387	0.129	0.378	0.287
2024	0.473	0.183	0.292	0.347
2023	0.263	0.323	0.238	0.347

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.