John Franklin (Home Run) Baker
name: label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Athletics
notes: label: Description
content: John Franklin Baker (1886-1963,) better known as<i> Home Run</i> Baker, was a third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1908-1914) and New York Yankees (1916-1922.) A lifetime .307 hitter, the Maryland native was given his moniker for leading the American League in Home Runs for four consecutive years (1911-1914.)
label: Description
content: Along with Stuffy McInnis, Eddie Collins, and Jack Barry, Baker was part of Philadelphia's famed <i> 100,000 infield" </i> which helped bring the A's three World Series championships (1910,1911,1913.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.034.03
label: catalog number
content: 310547.034.03
label: accession number
content: 310547
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: autograph
label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
label: Other Terms
content: Card, Baseball; Autograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 6 in; 10.16 cm x 15.24 cm