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John Franklin "Home Run" Baker, also known as Frank Baker, was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman, Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922 for the Philadelphia A
Baker in 1921
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Baker in 1919
A depiction of Home Run Baker from the November 5, 1911 edition of The Sunday Oregonian following the Philadelphia Athletics World Series victory.
Wally Pipp
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Walter Clement Pipp Sr. was an American professional baseball player. A first baseman, Pipp played in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, and Cincinnati Reds between 1913 a
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…He helped the Athletics win the 1910, 1911 and 1913 World Series. After a contract dispute, the Athletics sold Baker to the Yankees, where he and Wally Pipp helped the Yankees' offense. Baker appeared with the Yankees in the 1921 and 1922 World Series, though the Yankees lost both series, before retiring…
Pipp with the New York Yankees in 1922
Pipp with the Yankees in 1916
Lou Gehrig replaced Pipp in the Yankees' lineup on June 2, 1925.
Pipp (left) and Charlie Mullen (right)