John Franklin "Home Run" Baker was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman, Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922 for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees. Although he never hit more than 12 home runs in a season and hit only 96 in his major league career, Baker has been called the "original home run king of the majors".
Baker in 1921
Home Run Baker
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.
A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the third baseman is assigned the number 5.
Brooks Robinson played more games at third base than any other player in MLB history.