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Frank "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 FameNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum based in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related a in 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal.

Baker, who led the American LeagueThe American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. It developed from a minor league, the Western League, that aspired to in home runIn baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. Home runs are among the most popular aspects ofs in 1911, earned the nickname "Home Run" during the 1911 World Series in which he hit a go-ahead home run off Rube MarquardNew York Giants at the West Side Grounds in 1909. Richard William "Rube" Marquard ( October 9, 1886 June 1, 1980) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1910s and early 1920s. He achieved his greatest success with the New York in game two and a ninth-inning game-tying home run off Christy MathewsonNew York Giants at the West Side Grounds. Christopher Mathewson born August 12, 1880 in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, United States died October 7, 1925 in Saranac Lake, New York, was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Born into a wealthy family, Mathewson at 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.

He was born in Trappe, MarylandTrappe is a town located in Talbot County, Maryland. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,146. Geography Trappe is located at 38°39'36" North, 76°3'29" West (38. 659870, -76. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town ha and broke into the major leagues in 1908 with the Philadelphia Athletics. Baker played thirdbase for the Athletics until 1915 when he sat out the entire season in a contract dispute. He was sold in 1916 to the New York Yankees where he finished his career.

Frank "Home Run" Baker's career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com

Frank "Home Run" Baker's Hall of Fame biography

Two other men named Frank Baker played Major League Baseball:

Frank Watts Baker (b. October 29, 1946 in Meridian, Mississippi) was an infielder for the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles in the early 1970s. Baseball-Reference.com
Frank Baker (b. January 11, 1944 in Bartow, Florida) was an outfielder for the Cleveland Indians in 1969 and 1971. Baseball-Reference.com

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