Tracy Baker

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: (1891-11-07)November 7, 1891
Pendleton, Oregon
Died: March 14, 1975(1975-03-14) (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 played1
At bats0
Sacrifice hits1
Teams

Of the more than 16,000 players in major league history, Baker is also among the 900-plus players in 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
  1. "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.
  2. "Boston Red Sox 6, New York Highlanders 3". retrosheet.org. June 19, 1911. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  3. Tracy Baker at the SABR Baseball Biography Project, by Bill Nowlin, Retrieved May 10, 2020.


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