Home Run Baker

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Full Name: John Franklin Baker	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/173	First Game: September 21, 1908
Birthdate: March 13, 1886	Final Game: September 29, 1922
Birthplace: Trappe, Maryland	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: June 28, 1963
Deathplace: Trappe, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955

Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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John Franklin "Home Run" Baker (March 13, 1886 - June 28, 1963) was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922. As a third baseman, Baker helped the Philadelphia Athletics win three World Series (1910, 1911 and 1913). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. His legacy has grown over the years and is regarded by many as the best third baseman of the pre-war era.

Baker, who led the American League in home runs in 1911, earned the nickname "Home Run" during the 1911 World Series in which he hit a go-ahead home run off Rube Marquard in game two and a ninth-inning game-tying home run off Christy Mathewson in game three. Baker then solidified the nickname by leading the American League in home runs for three more consecutive seasons. Two of those seasons, he also led the American League in runs batted in.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1908	PHI	A	9	31	5	9	0	2	.290	.290	.387	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1909	PHI	A	148	541	73	165	4	85	.305	.343	.447	27	19	26	0	5	34	20	0	0
1910	PHI	A	146	561	83	159	2	74	.283	.329	.392	25	15	34	0	4	21	21	0	0
1911	PHI	A	148	592	96	198	11	115	.334	.379	.508	42	14	40	0	2	25	38	0	0
1912	PHI	A	149	577	116	200	10	130	.347	.404	.541	40	21	50	0	6	11	40	0	0
1913	PHI	A	149	564	116	190	12	117	.337	.413	.493	34	9	63	31	10	7	34	0	0
1914	PHI	A	150	570	84	182	9	89	.319	.380	.442	23	10	53	37	3	8	19	0	0
1916	NY	A	100	360	46	97	10	52	.269	.344	.428	23	2	36	30	5	1	15	0	0
1917	NY	A	146	553	57	156	6	71	.282	.345	.365	24	2	48	27	5	7	18	0	0
1918	NY	A	126	504	65	154	6	62	.306	.357	.409	24	5	38	13	2	12	8	0	0
1919	NY	A	141	567	70	166	10	83	.293	.346	.388	22	1	44	18	2	9	13	0	0
1921	NY	A	94	330	46	97	9	71	.294	.353	.436	16	2	26	12	4	9	8	0	0
1922	NY	A	69	234	30	65	7	36	.278	.327	.444	12	3	15	14	2	7	1	0	0
Total			1575	5984	887	1838	96	987	.307	.363	.442	315	103	473	182	50	153	235	0	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1908	PHI	A	3B	9	0	0	12	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1909	PHI	A	3B	146	0	0	209	277	42	16	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1910	PHI	A	3B	146	0	0	207	313	45	35	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1911	PHI	A	3B	148	0	0	217	274	30	26	0	0	0	0	0	.942
1912	PHI	A	3B	149	0	0	217	321	34	25	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1913	PHI	A	3B	149	0	0	233	280	44	19	0	0	0	0	0	.921
1914	PHI	A	3B	149	0	0	221	292	24	20	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1916	NY	A	3B	96	0	0	133	210	22	16	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1917	NY	A	3B	146	0	0	202	317	28	21	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1918	NY	A	3B	126	0	0	175	282	13	30	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1919	NY	A	3B	141	0	0	176	286	22	28	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1921	NY	A	3B	83	0	0	84	173	11	16	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1922	NY	A	3B	60	0	0	68	108	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	.962
Total			3B	1548	0	0	2154	3155	322	259	0	0	0	0	0	.943

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to New York Yankees for $37,500 (February 15, 1916).
Released by New York Yankees (January 9, 1924).

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