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Full name John Franklin Baker
Born March 13, 1886, Trappe, Maryland
Died June 28, 1963, Trappe, Maryland
Buried at Spring Hill Cemetery of Talbot County, Easton, Maryland (Division K- Section 38; coordinates 38.46.693N 76.04.448W)
First Game: September 21, 1908; Final Game: October 6, 1922
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 173
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1955
SABR Biography

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                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1908 PHI A Daily Splits 9 31 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 .290 .290 .387 0.2 1908 PHI A 1909 PHI A Daily Splits 148 541 73 165 27 19 4 85 26 48 5 34 0 20 .305 .343 .447 2.2 1909 PHI A 1910 PHI A Daily Splits 146 561 83 159 25 15 2 74 34 36 4 21 0 21 .283 .329 .392 2.3 1910 PHI A 1911 PHI A Daily Splits 148 592 96 198 42 14 11 115 40 1i 38 2 25 0 1i 38 10i .334 .379 .508 3.5 1911 PHI A 1912 PHI A Daily Splits 149 577 116 200 40 21 10 134 50 9 39 6 11 0 17 5 40 32 .347 .404 .541 6.5 1912 PHI A 1913 PHI A Daily Splits 149 564 116 190 34 9 12 90i 63 4i 31 10 7 0 6i 3i 34 11i .337 .413 .493 6.6 1913 PHI A 1914 PHI A Daily Splits 150 570 84 182 23 10 9 98 53 7 37 3 8 0 19 7 19 18 .319 .380 .442 5.1 1914 PHI A 1916 NY A Daily Splits 100 360 46 97 23 2 10 56 36 10 30 5 1 0 12 4 15 16 .269 .344 .428 2.2 1916 NY A 1917 NY A Daily Splits 146 553 57 156 24 2 6 72 48 13 27 5 7 0 7 6 18 23 .282 .345 .365 2.5 1917 NY A 1918 NY A Daily Splits 126 504 65 154 24 5 6 66 38 5 13 2 12 0 16 8 8 14 .306 .357 .409 3.0 1918 NY A 1919 NY A Daily Splits 141 567 70 166 22 1 10 81 44 2 18 2 9 0 19 5 13 14 .293 .346 .388 0.2 1919 NY A 1921 NY A Daily Splits 94 330 46 97 16 2 9 74 26 1 12 4 9 0 6 6 8 5 .294 .353 .436 0.2 1921 NY A 1922 NY A Daily Splits 69 234 30 65 12 3 7 37 15 3 14 2 7 0 6 8 1 3 .278 .327 .444 -0.8 1922 NY A Total (13 Years) Splits 1575 5984 887 1838 315 103 96 984i 473 55i 345 50 153 0 108i 53i 235 146i .307 .363 .442 33.7 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

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          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1910 PHI A Daily Splits 5 22 6 9 3 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .409 .458 .636 1910 PHI A 1911 PHI A Daily Splits 6 24 7 9 2 0 2 5 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .400 .708 1911 PHI A 1913 PHI A Daily Splits 5 20 2 9 0 0 1 7 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .450 .450 .600 1913 PHI A 1914 PHI A Daily Splits 4 16 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .294 .375 1914 PHI A 1921 NY A Daily Splits 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .333 .250 1921 NY A 1922 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1922 NY A Total ( 6 Years) Splits 25 91 15 33 7 1 3 18 5 1 11 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 4 .363 .396 .560 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1908 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 9 9 8 69.2i 12 22 0 0 0 1.000 1909 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 146 146 145 1303 i 209 277 42 16 2 .920 1910 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 146 145 141 1301.2i 207 313 45 35 0 .920 1911 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 148 148 148 1345 217 274 30 26 0 .942 1912 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 149 149 147 1318.2 217 321 34 25 0 .941 1913 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 149 149 146 1313.1i 233 280 44 19 1 .921 1914 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 149 149 146 1326.1 221 292 24 20 0 .955 1916 NY A Daily Splits 3B 96 95 89 845 133 210 22 16 0 .940 1917 NY A Daily Splits 3B 146 146 143 1312.2 202 317 28 21 1 .949 1918 NY A Daily Splits 3B 126 126 125 1155.2 175 282 13 33 1 .972 1919 NY A Daily Splits 3B 141 141 135 1274.1 176 286 22 27 0 .955 1921 NY A Daily Splits 3B 83 82 75 713.1 84 173 11 16 0 .959 1922 NY A Daily Splits 3B 57 57 54 510.1 68 108 7 6 0 .962 Total (13 Years) Splits 3B 1545 1542 1502 13789 i 2154 3155 322 260 5 .943 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

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          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1910 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 5 5 5 45.2 8 11 2 2 0 .905 1911 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 6 6 6 55.2 10 10 2 1 0 .909 1913 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 5 5 5 46 6 6 1 0 0 .923 1914 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 4 4 4 37 10 15 0 2 0 1.000 1921 NY A Daily Splits 3B 2 1 1 15 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 5 Years) Splits 3B 22 21 21 199.1 36 45 5 5 0 .942 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

Transaction Information

Traded by Reading (Tri-State) to Philadelphia Athletics (September, 1908) completing trade in which Philadelphia Athletics traded Shag Shaughnessy to Reading (Tri-State) in exchange for a player to be named later (@June 25, 1908).

Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to New York Yankees for $37500 (February 15, 1916).

Released by New York Yankees (January 9, 1924).

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