Frank Baker (baseball player)

Frank Baker
Frank Baker in the Yankees Jersey (1921)
Third baseman
Born: March 13th, 1886 Bustard , United States
Died on: June 28, 1963 Bustard , United States
Suggested: Left	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 21,  1908  with the  Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB assignment
September 29,  1929  with the  New York Yankees
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	.307
Home runs	96
Runs Batted In	987
Teams
Philadelphia Athletics ( 1908 - 1914 ) New York Yankees ( 1916 - 1919 , 1921 - 1922 )
Awards
3 × World Series winner ( 1910 , 1911 , 1913 ) 4 × batsman with the most home runs in the AL (1911–1914) 2 × batsman with the most RBIs in the AL (1912, 1913)
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1955
Special selection	Veterans Committee

John Franklin "Frank" Baker (born March 13, 1886 in Trappe , Maryland , † June 28, 1963 ibid) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). His nickname was Home Run Baker .

biography

His career as a third baseman in the major league began in 1908 with the Philadelphia Athletics . With them he won the World Series three times in 1910, 1911 and 1913 . He earned his nickname Home Run Baker by a home run in Game 2 of the 1911 World Series against Rube Marquard and against Christy Mathewson in Game 3 of the series against the New York Giants . For the next three years he led the American League in home runs. In 1916 the Athletics sold him to the New York Yankees . Here he took part in two other World Series, but lost with his team in 1921 and 1922 against the Giants.

In 1956, Baker was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee .

Web links

Commons : Frank Baker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  Baseball Reference  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
• Biography of Frank Baker (English)
• Frank Baker in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)