J. Franklin Baker
name: label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Athletics
label: Associated Name
content: New York Yankees
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 “100,000 infield” which helped bring the A’s three World Series championships (1910,1911,1913.)
label: Description
content: The object is one of a set of 12 cards autographed by professional baseball players, primarily members of the Philadelphia Athletics.
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.035.06
label: accession number
content: CL*310547
label: catalog number
content: CL*310547.035.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 5 in; 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm