Given the question: Facts: - debutteam: detroit tigers - birth date: 3 may 1892 - debutyear: 1914 - finalteam: detroit tigers - statlabel: batting average home runs runs batted in - statvalue: .209 0 22 - caption: baker in 1941 - death date: 11 september 1973 - name: del baker - death place: olmos park , texas - birth place: sherwood , oregon - position: catcher - throws: right - debutdate: april 16 - finalyear: 1916 - bats: right - finaldate: september 30 - image: del baker 1941.png Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of del baker .
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delmer david baker -lrb- may 3 , 1892 -- september 11 , 1973 -rrb- was an american catcher , coach and manager in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .as a manager , he led the 1940 detroit tigers to the american league pennant .as a coach , he was known as one of the premier '' sign stealers '' in baseball .