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 (1894th 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

FGM

179

FGA

316

XPM

428

XPA

444

Kicking & Punting

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

Regular Season

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
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	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P	AV	Awards
1953	24	WAS		45	11	0																							17	614	51	0	36.1
1956*	27	WAS		49	12	0											25	17	49	68.0%	19	16	84.2%						59	2510	56	0	42.5		PB
1957	28	WAS		49	12	0											23	14	45	60.9%	30	29	96.7%						50	2139	63	0	42.8
1958	29	WAS		49	12	0											26	13	44	50.0%	25	25	100.0%						48	2181	64	0	45.4
1959	30	WAS		49	12	0											22	10	48	45.5%	22	21	95.5%						49	2229	66	0	45.5
1960	31	CLE		38	12	0	5	5	5	4	1	1	9	2			20	12	44	60.0%	46	44	95.7%						55	2309	64	0	42.0	7
1961	32	CLE		38	14	0																							53	2296	62	0	43.3	3
1962	33	DAL		38	14	0	5	5	2	1	10	5	4	2	6	1	27	14	53	51.9%	51	50	98.0%						57	2589	72	0	45.4	8
1963*	34	DAL		38	14	0	3	2	6	3	1	1	7	2	3	1	20	9	53	45.0%	38	38	100.0%						71	3138	64	0	44.2	7	PB
1964*	35	PHI		38	14	0	5	5	5	2	1	1	14	8	1		26	16	48	61.5%	37	36	97.3%						49	2073	61	1	42.3	7	PB
1965	36	PHI		38	12	0	3	2	8	4	6	3	4		2		23	9	39	39.1%	40	38	95.0%						37	1551	60	0	41.9	1
1966	37	PHI		38	14	0	4	4	2	2	8	8	7	3	4	1	25	18	51	72.0%	39	38	97.4%						42	1726	63	0	41.1	9
1967	38	PHI		38	14	0	2	2	3	2	9	7	4	1	1		19	12	41	63.2%	45	45	100.0%						61	2335	53	1	38.3	6
1968*	39	PHI		38	14	0	8	7	5	4	12	7	5	1			30	19	44	63.3%	21	17	81.0%						55	2248	57	0	40.9	5	PB
1969	40	PHI		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%						703	29938	72	2	42.6	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%						244	9933	63	2	40.7	32
5 yrs		WAS			59	0											96	54	49	56.3%	96	91	94.8%						223	9673	66	0	43.4
2 yrs		CLE			26	0	5	5	5	4	1	1	9	2			20	12	44	60.0%	46	44	95.7%						108	4605	64	0	42.6	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%						128	5727	72	0	44.7	15

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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		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		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		49	12	0	2	23	1	12	11.5	1.9	0.2								2	11.5	23	1	0
1959	30	WAS		49	12	0	2	3	0	5	1.5	0.3	0.2								2	1.5	3	0	0
1960	31	CLE		38	12	0	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-0.9	0.1								1	-11.0	-11	0	0
1963*	34	DAL		38	14	0	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.1	0.1								1	15.0	15	0	0
1966	37	PHI		38	14	0	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.1	0.1								1	15.0	15	0	0
1968*	39	PHI		38	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	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	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								1	-11.0	-11	0	0
2 yrs		DAL			28	0	1	15	0	15	15.0	0.5	0.0								1	15.0	15	0	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		45	11	0						9	186	0	40	20.7	279
1956*	27	WAS		49	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						152
1961	32	CLE		38	14	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											18
5 yrs		WAS			59	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	9	186	0	40	20.7	457
2 yrs		CLE			26	0						3	57	0	25	19.0	46
2 yrs		DAL			28	0											15

Passing

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

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1962	33	DAL	38	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1968*	39	PHI	38	14	0	1	1	100	58	1	100	0	58	58.0	78.0	58.0	4.1	158.3
Career				195		1	2	50	58	1	50	0	58	29.0	39.0	58.0	0.3	135.4	0	0	0	29.00	39.00	0	0
6 yrs		PHI		82	0	1	1	100	58	1	100	0	58	58.0	78.0	58.0	0.7	158.3	0	0
5 yrs		WAS		59	0	0	0		0	0			0				0.0							0	0
2 yrs		CLE		26	0	0	0		0	0			0				0.0
2 yrs		DAL		28	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6

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		45	11	0							2	1	0	0
1956*	27	WAS		49	12	0							3	0	0	0
1957	28	WAS		49	12	0							0	1	0	0
1961	32	CLE		38	14	0							0	1	0	0	0.0
1966	37	PHI		38	14	0							0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					195								5	4	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		PHI			82	0							0	1	0	0	0.0
5 yrs		WAS			59	0							5	2	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		CLE			26	0							0	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		DAL			28	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	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1953	24	WAS	45	11	0	1	1						6	0.5
1956*	27	WAS	49	12	0				16	19	17	25	67	5.6
1957	28	WAS	49	12	0	1	1		29	30	14	23	77	6.4
1958	29	WAS	49	12	0				25	25	13	26	64	5.3
1959	30	WAS	49	12	0				21	22	10	22	51	4.3
1960	31	CLE	38	12	0				44	46	12	20	80	6.7
1962	33	DAL	38	14	0				50	51	14	27	92	6.6
1963*	34	DAL	38	14	0				38	38	9	20	65	4.6
1964*	35	PHI	38	14	0				36	37	16	26	84	6.0
1965	36	PHI	38	12	0				38	40	9	23	65	5.4
1966	37	PHI	38	14	0				38	39	18	25	92	6.6
1967	38	PHI	38	14	0				45	45	12	19	81	5.8
1968*	39	PHI	38	14	0				17	21	19	30	74	5.3
1969	40	PHI	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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