George Baker (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1857–1915)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=George Baker

|position=Catcher

|image=George Baker baseball.jpg

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|birth_date={{Birth date|1857|8|20}}

|birth_place=St. Louis, Missouri

|death_date={{death date and age|1915|1|29|1857|8|20}}

|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 24

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1883}}

|debutteam=Baltimore Orioles

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 1

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1886}}

|finalteam=Kansas City Cowboys

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.156

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs scored

|stat3value=45

|teams=

• Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1883}})
• St. Louis Maroons ({{mlby|1884}}–{{mlby|1885}})
• Kansas City Cowboys ({{mlby|1886}})

}}

George F. Baker (August 20, 1857 – January 29, 1915), born George F. Boecke, was an American Major League Baseball player who played catcher from 1883 to 1886. He played for the Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Maroons, and Kansas City Cowboys in his four-season career.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbakeg102.htm|title=George Baker's career statistics|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-12-29}}