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    John Franklin "Home Run" Baker (March 13, 1886 – June 28, 1963) was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman, Baker played in Major League...
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    the most career home runs in regular season play (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games). In the sport of baseball, a home run is a hit in which...
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    baseman Eddie Collins, shortstop Jack Barry and third baseman Frank "Home Run" Baker. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the nickname reflects "the...
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    same day that Baker won his 2,000th game, his son Darren scored the winning run home for his High A team in Delaware on a sacrifice fly. Baker and his family...
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    Connie Mack, and Hall of Fame players included Chief Bender, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Jimmie Foxx, and Lefty Grove. The team left Philadelphia for Kansas...
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    The Home Run Derby is an annual home run hitting competition in Major League Baseball (MLB) customarily held the day before the MLB All-Star Game, which...
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    1914 run scoring was essentially back to the pre-1911 years and remained so until 1919. In this era, Frank Baker earned the nickname "Home Run" Baker merely...
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  • example the single-season home run record, the progression of the lifetime home run record, and the members of the 500 home run club. A few other records...
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    and scored on Baker's single. After a fielder's choice and double, Wally Schang's triple scored two more runs. Baker's two-run home run after a walk in...
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    inning began with a double by Home Run Baker. Harry Davis sacrificed, and Danny Murphy singled to left to send Baker home. Murphy then stole second and...
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    meeting. Philadelphia third baseman Frank "Home Run" Baker earned his nickname during this Series. His home run in Game 2 off Rube Marquard was the margin...
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    Archived from the original on April 15, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022. "Home Run Baker". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original...
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  • World Series champion Athletics, featuring the future Hall of Famers Home Run Baker, Eddie Collins and Herb Pennock. Mack had hinted he would play his reserves...
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    Wally Pipp (category American League home run champions)
    first baseman. He and Home Run Baker led an improved Yankee lineup that led the league in home runs. He led the American League in home runs in 1916 and 1917...
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    site of some notable home run feats. On May 29, 1909, Frank "Home Run" Baker used his 52-ounce (3.3 lb) bat to hit the first home run in Shibe Park: 340...
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    ninth. He recorded two outs in the tenth, before giving up a walk to Home Run Baker. The first Sunday game to be played legally in New York, it was ended...
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    Eastern Shore League between 1924 and 1949. Baseball Hall of Fame members Home Run Baker and Jimmie Foxx both played for Easton. Octavia E. Butler's novel Kindred...
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    In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit so far that the batter is able to circle all the bases ending at home plate, scoring himself plus...
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    Frank "Home Run" Baker, and shortstop Jack Barry). Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs;...
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    Bobby Cox, Jimmy Dykes, and Negro leaguer Dave Malarcher. Frank "Home Run" Baker Adrián Beltré Johnny Bench (elected as a catcher, shifted to third...
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    base), Eddie Collins (second base), Jack Barry (shortstop), and Frank "Home Run" Baker (third base) as well as pitchers Eddie Plank and Chief Bender. Rube...
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  • Massachusetts, 1834–1843 John Baker (baseball) (born 1981), American baseball player John Franklin Baker or Home Run Baker (1886–1963), American professional...
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    Mary Baker Eddy (nee Baker; July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author who founded The Church of Christ, Scientist...
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  • Mark runs away from home, prompting the Bakers to find him. Tom indulges a hunch that Mark is trying to run back to the Bakers' old home, and eventually finds...
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    the play's original Off-Broadway run. Roger Ebert said about Hall and the film: "Nixon is portrayed by Philip Baker Hall, an actor previously unknown...
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    base), Eddie Collins (second base), Jack Barry (shortstop), and Frank "Home Run" Baker (third base) as well as pitchers Eddie Plank and Charles "Chief" Bender...
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  • Baseball Hall of Fame members Frank Home Run Baker and Jimmie Foxx both played for the 1924 Easton Farmers after Baker signed the 16–year old Foxx in his...
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  • Frank Baker may refer to: Frank Baker (ice hockey) (1884–1959), Canadian ice hockey player Home Run Baker (John Franklin Baker, 1886–1963), American baseball...
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    Leslie David Baker (born February 19, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for playing disgruntled paper salesman Stanley Hudson in The Office for...
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    his career as a semipro catcher in Ridgely. Another Hall of Famer, Home Run Baker, played for the town team as well. Rocker George Thorogood played Caroline...
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