Neal Baker

{{short description|American baseball player (1904-1982)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Neal Baker

| image =Baker U of Texas yearbook photo.jpg

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|04|30}}

| birth_place= La Porte, Texas

| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|01|05|1904|04|30}}

| death_place= Houston, Texas

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 30

| debutyear = 1927

| debutteam = Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = July 26

| finalyear = 1927

| finalteam = Philadelphia Athletics

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 5.71

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 3

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 0–0

| teams =

• Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1927}})

}}

Neal Vernon Baker (April 30, 1904 – January 5, 1982) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the {{Baseball year|1927}} season.

Baker attended the University of Texas where he played baseball,{{cite book |author= |date=1926 |title=Cactus Yearbook |url= https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/64175|location= |publisher=University of Texas |page= |isbn=}} was drafted into the Majors but only spent one year there, before spending the rest of his playing career in the minor leagues. He played in the Minors until 1936.{{cite web |url= https://thetexasunderground.blogspot.com/2017/10/neal-vernon-baker-1904-1982.html|title=Neal Vernon Baker (1904-1982) |author= |date= |website=The Texas Underground |publisher= |access-date=January 2, 2023 |quote=}}