I AM INTERESTED IN READING AND BUYING A BOOK ON THE LIFE  OF HOMERUN
BAKER. HE PLAYED BASEBALL FROM 1908 TO 1922 FOR THE PHIL. A'S,AND  THE
NY YANKEES.HE WAS BORN IN TRAPPE, MARYLAND IN 1886 AND DIED IN THE
50'S

Hi Christian,

While apparently no biographies of John Franklin ("Homerun") Baker
have been written, BaseballLibrary.com's invaluable Baseball Index
cites a number of books where Baker is mentioned.

Based on its title and length alone, "Heroes of the World Series" by
Al Silverman (a 16-page section titled "They Called Him 'Home Run
Baker'") would seem to be the best bet. Other books you might be
interested in reading include...

"Superstars, Stars, And Just Plain Heroes" by Nathan Salant (7 page
section on Baker)

"Baseball's Golden Dozen" by Joseph Bruno (18 pages section titled
"Baseball's Golden Dozen Third Baseman")

"The World Series: A 75th Anniversary" by Joseph L. Reichler ("The
All-Time All-Star World Series Team" 10 pages)

ABEBOOKS.COM notes a copy of "Heroes of the World Series" available
for $10.  While I didn't do a search for the other books, abebooks.com
is where I'd suggest you look if you're interested in any of the books
mentioned at baseballlibrary.com.

More information:

Information on "HomeRun" Baker at baseballlibrary.com 

http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Baker_Frank.stm

Bibliography on Baker at The Baseball Index

http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/sabr/tbi/B/Baker_Frank.tbi.stm

Abebooks to locate books mentioned in the bibliography ...

http://www.abebooks.com/

rico

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Clarification of Answer by rico-ga on 02 Aug 2002 12:52 PDT

Also, if you're interested, here's the search strategy I used with Google.

In order ...

"Homerun" Baker

Read a couple of articles. Fascinating stuff. Got his full name. Tried..

"Homerun" John Franklin Baker

More interesting stuff, but no joy on finding books on him. Hmmm.  How about...

1911 World Series

..getting closer and 

1911 World Series books got me to the info.

rico

YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL YOUR CORRECT DATA.  I
ALSO  HAVE A FEW GOOD LEADS TO MY RESEARCH.  THANK YOU AND IF YOU
RECIEVE ANY THING NEW. PLEASE LET ME KNOW..  THANK YOU.  DAN GURROLA

You can also try the book:
                   
                              From Maryland to Cooperstown :
                              seven Maryland natives in Baseball's
Hall of
                              Fame / 
                              Author: Nicholson, Lois, 1949-
                              Publication: Centreville, Md. :
Tidewater Publishers, 1998

It's available at Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-2419997-5844833

and also at many public libraries.

Thanks for the addition, Bowler.  For some reason, the UYRL you
provided  didn't work for me.  If anyone runs into similar problems,
try...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870334948/qid=1028490005/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-6275826-9184025

You might have got better search results by using "Home Run" instead
of "homerun," since it is usually spelled as two words.