After Baker sold Foxx to the Athletics, the Farmers fired Baker, because they believed Mack did not pay a high enough price for Foxx. Norman once tried out for the Philadelphia Athletics, but he did not like that city and stopped pursuing a baseball career. [7], Baker and his wife had twin babies in late January 1914.

He had a batting average over .300 in six seasons, had three seasons with more than 100 runs batted in, and two seasons with over 100 runs scored. Home Run Baker Baseball Cards. [16] Late in the season, Mack sent Baker, Collins and pitcher Chief Bender to scout the Boston Braves, their opponent in the 1914 World Series. Home Run Baker John Franklin Baker.

[12] The Athletics defeated the Giants in six games, as Baker led the Athletics with a .375 batting average, nine hits and five RBIs in the series.

[2] During his 13 years as a major league player, Baker never played a single inning at any position other than third base. Later in the game Snodgrass again attempted to spike Baker, but he was able to hold onto the ball and the Athletics won again. John Franklin "Home Run" Baker (March 13, 1886 – June 28, 1963) was an American professional baseball player. Home Run Baker Park in his hometown of Trappe is named for him. we do our best to give you an honest description and it is our opinion use your own judgement and view the close-up pictures. [2][8], Baker again led the American League in home runs in 1912, and led the league with 130 RBIs as well. 1 . 1909 American Caramel E91-B #NNO Frank Baker, 1909-11 American Caramel (E90-1) Hall of Fame Reprints #NNO Home Run Baker, 1909-11 American Caramel E90-1 #NNO Home Run Baker, 1909-11 American Tobacco Company T206 White Border #NNO Home Run Baker, 1909-11 Colgan's Chips Stars of the Diamond (E254) #NNO Home Run Baker, 1909-12 Sweet Caporal Domino Discs (PX7) #NNO Home Run Baker, 1910 Philadelphia Caramel E96 #4 Frank Baker, 1910 S81 Silk Premiums #95 Home Run Baker, 1910-11 Sporting Life M116 #NNO Frank Baker, 1910-12 Sweet Caporal Pins #40 Frank Baker, 1910-19 Coupon Cigarettes (T213) #NNO Home Run Baker, 1911 Baseball Bats Candy #NNO Home Run Baker, 1911 Cullivan’s Fireside (T208) #NNO Home Run Baker, 1911 D359 Williams Baking #NNO Home Run Baker, 1911 Mecca Double Folders T201 #NNO Eddie Collins / Frank Baker, 1911 Pinkerton Cabinets (T5) #512 Frank Baker, 1911 T205 Gold Border #NNO Home Run Baker, 1911 Turkey Red Cabinets T3 #78 Frank Baker, 1911-14 D304 General Baking #NNO Home Run Baker, 1912 Colgan's Chips Red Borders E270 #18 Frank Baker, 1912 Hassan Triple Folders T202 #NNO Baker Gets His Man (Eddie Collins / Frank Baker), 1912 Hassan Triple Folders T202 #NNO Chase Safe at Third (Jack Barry / Frank Baker), 1912 Hassan Triple Folders T202 #NNO Collins Easily Safe (Eddie Collins / Frank Baker), 1912 Hassan Triple Folders T202 #NNO The Athletic Infield (Jack Barry / Frank Baker), 1912 Helmar Leathers L1 #NNO Home Run Baker, 1912 Plow's Candy E300 #NNO Home Run Baker, 1912 Series of Champions T227 #1 Frank Baker, 1913 Colgan’s Chips Tin Tops #NNO Home Run Baker, 1913 National Game (WG5) Reprint #2 Frank Baker, 1913 National Game WG5 #NNO Home Run Baker, 1913 Tom Barker Game WG6 #2 Home Run Baker, 1914 E224 Texas Tommy Type 1 #NNO Frank Baker, 1914 Piedmont Art Stamps T330-2 #4 Frank Baker, 1914 Polo Grounds Game (WG4) #NNO Home Run Baker, 1915 Victory Tobacco (T214) #NNO Home Run Baker, 1916 Boston Store (H801-8) #11 Frank Baker, 1916 Ferguson Bakery Pennants BF2 #3 Home Run Baker, 1916 M101-4 Sporting News #9 J. Franklin Baker, 1916 M101-5 Sporting News #8 Home Run Baker.

Baker appeared with the Yankees in the 1921 and 1922 World Series, though the Yankees lost both series, before retiring. [2] He remarried, to Margaret Mitchell, after leaving the Yankees. [2][8], Connie Mack, the manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, purchased Baker's contract in September 1908. For others called Francis or Frank Baker, see, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders, List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle, List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders, List of Major League Baseball home run records, List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders, List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders, "Home Run Baker Accepts Bid to Banquet Here: Oldtimers To Honor Swat King of Past", "1910 World Series – Philadelphia Athletics over Chicago Cubs (4-1)", "1912 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics", "1914 World Series – Boston Braves over Philadelphia Athletics (4-0)", "A Pipp of a Legend: The Man Who Was Benched in Favor of Iron-Horse Lou", "1921 World Series – New York Giants over New York Yankees (5-3)", "1922 World Series – New York Giants over New York Yankees (4-0)", American League season runs batted in leaders, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Home_Run_Baker&oldid=978026060, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2014, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, September 21, 1908, for the Philadelphia Athletics, September 29, 1922, for the New York Yankees, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 12 September 2020, at 12:47. In Game Two, Baker hit a go-ahead home run off Rube Marquard for an Athletics win. Baker referred to the spiking as "deliberate" on the part of Cobb,[10] while Mack called Cobb the dirtiest player he had seen,[2] and asked American League president Ban Johnson to investigate. "When it came to hitting, (Home Run) Baker needed help like (Andrew) Carnegie needed money." [15] Baker, who had just completed the first year of a three-year contract, attempted to renegotiate his terms, but Mack refused.

[19] Baker sat out the entire 1915 season as a result of this contract dispute. Frank “Home Run” Baker was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1955. [2], In 1908, Baker began the season with the Reading Pretzels of the Class B Tri-State League. [2][21], Pressured by American League president Ban Johnson, Mack sold Baker's contract in 1916 to the New York Yankees for $35,000 ($822,339 in current dollar terms). In Trappe, most of the residents attended the local baseball team's games on Saturdays. [2][4], Baker enjoyed working on his father's farm, but he aspired to become a professional baseball player from the age of ten. Although he never hit more than a dozen home runs in a season (Ned Williamson hit 27 in 1884) and only hit 93 homers in his career (Roger Connor hit 138), Baker has been called the "original home run king of the majors".[1]. $248 after 10% discount. [8] Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their 1981 book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time. He was also a director of the State Bank of Trappe. Did you know that the Honus Wagner T206 Baseball Card sold for $3.12 million in 2016, up from $2.8 million in 2007, making it the most valuable baseball card in history? [2] Late in the 1920 season, Baker again played for Upland, and stated his desire to return to New York.
Born: March 13, 1886 in Trappe, Maryland, USA, 1909 | 1909-11 | 1909-12 | 1910 | 1910-11 | 1910-12 | 1910-19 | 1911 | 1911-14 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1919-21 | 1920 | 1921 | 1921-23 | 1922 | 1923 | 1940 | 1950-56 | 1953-55 | 1956-63 | 1960 | 1961 | 1965-19 | 1968 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1973-74 | 1973-80 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1977-81 | 1977-84 | 1978 | 1980-01 | 1980-87 | 1981 | 1981-89 | 1982 | 1982-83 | 1983 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 2002 | 2002-09 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2009 | 2010 | 2010-11 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020. A third baseman, Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922 for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees. Copyright 1999- In the 1921 World Series, a best-of-nine series, Huggins opted to start McNally over Baker, though he wanted to be sure to take advantage of Baker's World Series experience. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Home Run Baker - 1912 T227 Series of Champions Cards. [14] In 1913, he again led the league with 12 home runs and 117 RBIs, but this time the Athletics defeated the Giants in the World Series, as Baker batted .450 with a home run and seven RBIs in the five games. [2] Sports cartoonist Robert Ripley, working for the New York Globe coined the term "Murderer's Row" to refer to the lineup of Baker, Pipp, Roger Peckinpaugh, and Ping Bodie. var pfHeaderImgUrl = '';var pfHeaderTagline = '';var pfdisableClickToDel = 0;var pfHideImages = 0;var pfImageDisplayStyle = 'right';var pfDisablePDF = 0;var pfDisableEmail = 0;var pfDisablePrint = 0;var pfCustomCSS = 'https://www.baseball-almanac.com/css/print.css';var pfBtVersion='2';(function(){var js,pf;pf=document.createElement('script');pf.type='text/javascript';pf.src='//cdn.printfriendly.com/printfriendly.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(pf)})(); Do you enjoy talking about baseball cards, baseball collectibles, and baseball memorable? [20] He remained in baseball, playing for a team representing Upland, Pennsylvania, in the semi-professional Delaware County League. [2], Though nicknamed "Home Run", Baker hit only 96 home runs in his career, and never more than 12 in a season as he played during the dead ball era . [25] The Giants defeated the Yankees five games to three; Baker played in only four of the eight games, though McNally struggled to a .200 batting average.

[11], In the 1911 World Series, the Athletics faced off against the Giants. A baseball card checklist for Home Run Baker that includes every baseball card in our Baseball Card Database. He hit a ninth-inning game-tying home run off Christy Mathewson in Game Three. . [2] A six-day delay between games as a result of rain, which turned Shibe Park into a "virtual quagmire", allowed Baker's feats to be magnified by the Philadelphia press, during which time he began to be referred to by the nickname "Home Run". nice condition, has 2 slight creases one in each lower corner.

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[9] He hit .305 with a .447 slugging percentage and four home runs for Philadelphia in 1909, including the first home run to go over the fence in right field of Shibe Park. [4], Baker pitched for the local high school baseball team and worked as a clerk at a butcher shop and grocery store owned by relatives. 1909 t206 rare sweet caporal frank home run baker hof nice card. [10], In the 1910 season, Baker led the American League with 11 home runs in 1911, and batted .344. He instead signed with an independent team based in Cambridge, Maryland. [22][23] Pipp hit nine home runs in 1917, again leading the league. [24], Baker sat out of baseball during the 1920 season, as his wife died of scarlet fever. Lee.