Tracy Baker Explained

Tracy Baker
Position:First baseman
Birth Date:7 November 1891
Birth Place:Pendleton, Oregon
Death Place:Placerville, California
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:June 19
Debutyear:1911
Debutteam:Boston Red Sox
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:June 19
Finalyear:1911
Finalteam:Boston Red Sox
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Games played
Stat1value:1
Stat2label:At bats
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Sacrifice hits
Stat3value:1
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Trace Lee "Tracy" Baker (November 7, 1891 – March 14, 1975) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox. Baker batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Pendleton, Oregon, and studied at the University of Washington, where he played college baseball for the Huskies in 1910.[1]

Of the more than 16,000 players in major league history, Baker is also among the 900-plus players on 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.[2]

Baker served in the US Army during World War I and worked in the Kaiser Shipyards during World II. He died in Placerville, California, at the age of 83.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Washington Baseball Players Who Made It to a Major League Baseball Team. Baseball-Almanac.com. 21 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20051202092907/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_washington_baseball_players.shtml. live. 2005-12-02.
  2. Web site: Boston Red Sox 6, New York Highlanders 3 . retrosheet.org . June 19, 1911 . May 10, 2020.