Jack Baker (baseball)

Donnerstag, 04. Mai 1950

Jack Edward Baker (born May 4, 1950) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox between 1976 and 1977. Baker batted and threw right-handed. Listed at 6' 5", 225 lb., he was selected by Boston in the 1971 draft out of Auburn University. He played professional baseball from 1971 to 1978 and was a power hitter, hitting 144 home runs in the minor leagues including one season in which he hit 36 home runs for the Pawtucket Red Sox. During the 1977 midseason, Baker was traded to the Cleveland Indians but he did not play for them.