Home Run Baker — public-domain portrait (Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons)

1912ATHLETICS

THIRD BASE

HOME RUN BAKER1912

Home Run Bakerthird base · 1912 athletics

Ht 5'11"Wt 173Bats LThrows RBorn 1886 · Trappe, MD

Nineteen twelve was Baker's SkillScore peak — one hundred forty-one point two eight for Connie Mack. He hit .347 with two hundred hits and one hundred thirty ribbies, hot-corner thunder while the American League hunted for answers. The three frames ahead keep the .347 summer loud.

Home Run Baker 1912 — .347 WEATHER

.347 WEATHER

A .347 clip for Connie Mack — Baker made the ledger keep honest books.

Home Run Baker 1912 — 200-HIT LAUNDRY

200-HIT LAUNDRY

Two hundred hits overflowing the basket — hot-corner weather all summer.

Home Run Baker 1912 — 130-RBI EXPRESS

130-RBI EXPRESS

One hundred thirty ribbies steaming around the bases — all aboard.

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Major League Batting — Year vs Life

GABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGOBPSLG
19121495771162004021101300.3470.4040.541
Life1,5755,9848871,838315103969870.3070.3630.442

SkillScore

141.281912 · PHA

ComponentsAVG 0.347OBP 0.404SLG 0.541

John Franklin Baker, Philadelphia Athletics. Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons (File:John_Franklin_Baker,_baseball_player_for_Philadelphia_Athletics,_head-and-shoulders_portrait,_facing_front,_wearing_baseball_uniform_LCCN89714217.jpg). Public domain.