Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Home Run Baker

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

John Franklin "Home Run" Baker was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman, Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922 for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees. Although he never hit more than a dozen home runs in a season and hit only 96 homers in his career, Baker has been called the "original home run king of the majors".

American - Baseball player | March 13, 1886 - June 28, 1963

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I heard a fella say once he'd rather have a rose bud when he was alive than to have a whole rose garden thrown his way after he is gone. It looks like they've (the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1935) thrown the roses my way while I'm still here.

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I hope I never do anything to hurt baseball.

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The farmer doesn't care for the pitchers' battle that resolves itself into a checkers game. The farmer loves the dramatic, and slugging is more dramatic than even the cleverest pitching.

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I hope he (Babe Ruth) lives to hit one-hundred homers in a season. I wish him all the luck in the world. He has everybody else, including myself, hopelessly outclassed.

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Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Home Run Baker

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