Frank Baker
(b. March 13, 1886 - d. June 28, 1963)
Despite never hitting more than 12 home runs in a season, during baseball's deadball era Baker was a slugger supreme. He led the Al in home runs from 1911 to 1914. His two World Series home runs earned him his "Home Run" nickname. In six World Series with the A's and Yankees, he hit .363. Frank Baker had 1,013 RBI in his career.
 
Inducted in 1955
 
 
1911 D359 Rochester Baking Frank "Home Run" Baker PSA 1 PR-FR
     
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Comments: My first Home Run Baker card was a M116 PSA 4 purchased on eBay in May, 2003. I swapped it out for a 1915 Cracker Jack PSA 3 after winning another eBay auction in July, 2004. In January, 2007 I made another change when I purchased a trimmed copy of the D359 Rochester Baking card off the Net54 board from hobby friend Zach Rice. Three months later the card was submitted to PSA and graded "Authentic". But, I really wanted an example with a numeric grade. In June, 2008 my wish came true when I found and won this PSA 1 example in the Brockelman/Luckey auction. It has some flaws - wrinkles and light creasing - but still has a nice look overall. Back is fairly clean too.

UPDATE: On November 11, 2015 I was checking eBay and the following card showed up…a little too much for me but a tempting auction:
   
Card Details Below:  
Year(s): 1911
ACC Set Designation: D359
Set Name: Rochester Baking
Country: United States
Description: The 1911 Rochester Baking set, an 18-card Philadelphia Athletics set, is among the scarcest of early 20th Century bakery issues. The set commemorates the Athletics' 1910 Championship season, and, except for pitcher Jack Coombs, the checklist includes nearly all key members of the club, including manager Connie Mack. The cards are the standard size for the era, 1-1/2" X 2-5/8". The front of each card features a player portrait set against a colored background. The player's name and the word "Athletics" appear at the bottom, while "World's Champions 1910" is printed along the top. The backs of the cards adverise the set as the "Athletics Series". Collectors should be aware that the same checklist was used for a similar Athletics set issued by the Williams Baking and Cullivan's Firesdie Tobacco (T208), and also that blank-backed versions are known to exist, but these are classified ast E104 cards in the American Card Catalog.