38 Facts About Frank Baker

John Franklin "Home Run" Baker was an American professional baseball player.

Frank Baker was a member of the Athletics' $100,000 infield.

Frank Baker helped the Athletics win the 1910,1911 and 1913 World Series.

Frank Baker appeared with the Yankees in the 1921 and 1922 World Series, though the Yankees lost both series, before retiring.

Frank Baker led the American League in home runs from 1911 to 1914.

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Frank Baker's legacy has grown over the years, and he is regarded by many as one of the best power hitters of the deadball era.

Frank Baker was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1955.

Frank Baker enjoyed working on his father's farm, but he aspired to become a professional baseball player from the age of ten.

Frank Baker pitched for the local high school baseball team and worked as a clerk at a butcher shop and grocery store owned by relatives.

Frank Baker signed with a local semi-professional baseball team based in Ridgely, Maryland, in 1905, at the age of 19.

Frank Baker was unable to play the outfield well, but he was able to move into the infield as a third baseman for Ridgely.

In 1906, Frank Baker played for Sparrows Point Club in Baltimore, earning $15 per week.

Frank Baker received an offer to play for a team in the Class C Texas League in 1907, which he turned down.

Frank Baker instead signed with an independent team based in Cambridge, Maryland.

In 1908, Frank Baker began the season with the Reading Pretzels of the Class B Tri-State League.

That year, Mack established his "$100,000 infield", with Frank Baker joined by first baseman Stuffy McInnis, second baseman Eddie Collins, and shortstop Jack Barry.

Frank Baker referred to the spiking as "deliberate" on the part of Cobb, while Mack called Cobb the dirtiest player he had seen, and asked American League president Ban Johnson to investigate.

Frank Baker helped the Athletics win the 1910 World Series over the Chicago Cubs, four games to one, as he batted.

In Game Two, Frank Baker hit a go-ahead home run off Rube Marquard for an Athletics win.

Frank Baker hit a ninth-inning game-tying home run off Christy Mathewson in Game Three.

Frank Baker again led the American League in home runs in 1912, and led the league with 130 RBIs as well.

Frank Baker led the league in home runs for a fourth consecutive season in 1914, with nine, despite suffering from pleurisy during the season.

Frank Baker, who had just completed the first year of a three-year contract, attempted to renegotiate his terms, but Mack refused.

Frank Baker sat out the entire 1915 season as a result of this contract dispute.

Frank Baker remained in baseball, playing for a team representing Upland, Pennsylvania, in the semi-professional Delaware County League.

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Pipp led the American League in home runs with 12 in 1916; Frank Baker finished second with 10, despite missing almost a third of the Yankees' games.

Frank Baker led the league with 141 games played in the 1919 season.

Frank Baker sat out of baseball during the 1920 season, as his wife died of scarlet fever.

Late in the 1920 season, Frank Baker again played for Upland, and stated his desire to return to New York.

Frank Baker rejoined the Yankees in 1921, as the Yankees reached the World Series for the first time in franchise history.

Frank Baker was credited with discovering Jimmie Foxx and recommending him to Mack.

Frank Baker was a modest man who never drank, smoked, or swore.

Frank Baker returned to his Maryland farm every offseason, where he enjoyed duck hunting.

Frank Baker remarried, to Margaret Mitchell, after leaving the Yankees.

Frank Baker was a director of the State Bank of Trappe.

In 1924 Frank Baker intervened to stop the lynching of a black man in Easton, Maryland.

Frank Baker was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery in Easton, Maryland.

Frank Baker was inducted into the baseball hall of fame for Reading, Pennsylvania.