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

Rate this Player 4.00 (4 votes) Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955

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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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• 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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