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.[3] He died in Placerville, California, at the age of 83.
References
- ^ "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
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Baseball Almanac
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