Floyd Baker

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Floyd Wilson Baker

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

• Debut May 4, 1943
• Final Game May 4, 1955
• Born October 10, 1916 in Luray, VA USA
• Died November 17, 2004 in Youngstown, OH USA

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Despite playing in only 44 games with the American League champion St. Louis Browns in 1944, Baker called that season "the highlight of my career."

Baker held the modern day record for fewest homers with at least 2,000 at-bats (in his case 2,280), which was later broken by Duane Kuiper (who had one homer in 3,379 at bats). Baker's home run was due to the moving in of the fences at Comiskey Park. GM Frank Lane had that idea to help Chicago's offense, but it helped the White Sox's opponents more. On May 4th, 1949, one day before Lane moved the fences back to their original distance, Baker cleared the wall for his only homer.

After his playing career ended, Floyd Baker spent several years as a Minnesota Twins coach.

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