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]
| Tracy Baker | |
|---|---|
| First baseman | |
| Born: November 7, 1891 Pendleton, Oregon | |
| Died: March 14, 1975 (aged 83) Placerville, California | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 19, 1911, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 19, 1911, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Games played | 1 |
| At bats | 0 |
| Sacrifice hits | 1 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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.[3] He died in Placerville, California, at the age of 83.
References
edit- ^ "University of Washington Baseball Players Who Made It to a Major League Baseball Team". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
- ^ "Boston Red Sox 6, New York Highlanders 3". retrosheet.org. June 19, 1911. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ Tracy Baker at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Bill Nowlin, Retrieved May 10, 2020.
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Baseball Almanac
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