Home Run Baker
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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.
Ty Cobb
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Tyrus Raymond Cobb, nicknamed "the Georgia Peach", was an American professional baseball center fielder. A native of rural Narrows, Georgia, Cobb played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball. He spent 2
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…by 27 wins over their 1908 record in 1909, but finished in second place behind the Detroit Tigers. In a late season series against the Tigers in 1909, Ty Cobb spiked Baker while sliding into third base, lacerating Baker's arm. Baker referred to the spiking as "deliberate" on the part of Cobb, while Mack called…
Faded sign at Narrows, Georgia, celebrating it as the birthplace of Ty Cobb, "The Georgia Peach"
Cobb ends a 1908 holdout by signing a $5,000 contract (equivalent to $179,170 today)
Cobb (left) and Honus Wagner, his National League rival for greatest position player in the game, during the 1909 Detroit-Pittsburgh World Series
Charles M. Conlon's famed picture of Cobb stealing third base during the 1909 season