Frank Baker (outfielder), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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1944-2010 American baseball player
Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1944
Place of Birth: Bartow, Florida, United States
Date of Death: 28-Jan-2010
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Frank Baker (outfielder)
- Frank Baker, Jr.
- (January 11, 1944 – January 28, 2010) was an American professional baseball player.
- He was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians in the 1969 and 1971 seasons.
- Listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m), 180 pounds (82 kg), he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.A native of Bartow, Florida, Baker played high school baseball for Franklin High School in Somerset, New Jersey, where he was inducted into their Football Hall of Fame.
- He signed with the Cleveland Indians in 1964 and played for them in their Minor league system for three years before joining the United States Army.
- In the Army, he served in the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1968, and attained the rank of private first class.
- After discharging from the Army in 1969, he spent most of the season with the Waterbury Indians, hitting .312 in 84 games before being promoted.
- He made his major league debut on July 27, and hit .256 in 52 games for Cleveland.
- The following season, he spent the year with the Wichita Aeros.
- In 1971, he divided his playing time between the Indians and the Aeros.
- He also played for Triple-A California affiliate Salt Lake City Angels in 1972, his last season in baseball. In part of two season for the Indians, Baker was a .286 hitter (82-for-353) with four home runs and 38 runs batted in in 125 games.
- In a seven-season minors career, he hit .284 with 51 homers and 235 RBI in 703 games.Baker died in Raleigh, North Carolina at the age of 66, following complications from a heart failure.
- He is buried at Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida.
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