Background
He was born in Pendleton, Oregon, and studied at the University of Washington, where he played college baseball for the Huskies in 1910.
He was born in Pendleton, Oregon, and studied at the University of Washington, where he played college baseball for the Huskies in 1910.
Baker batted and threw right-handed. Of the more than 16,000 players in major league history, Baker is also among the 900-plus players in the Elias Sports Bureau registry who got into only one game. He was 19 years old. Baker"s one big-league game came on June 19, 1911.
In his only plate appearance, he executed a sacrifice bunt.
On the field he made four putouts without committing an error. Baker died in Placerville, California, at the age of 83.