Tracy Baker

{{short description|American baseball player (1891–1975)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

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| name = Tracy Baker

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| position = First baseman

| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|11|07}}

| birth_place= Pendleton, Oregon

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|03|14|1891|11|07}}

| death_place= Placerville, California

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = June 19

| debutyear = 1911

| debutteam = Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = June 19

| finalyear = 1911

| finalteam = Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Games played

| stat1value = 1

| stat2label = At bats

| stat2value = 0

| stat3label = Sacrifice hits

| stat3value = 1

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• Boston Red Sox ({{by|1911}})

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Trace Lee "Tracy" Baker (November 7, 1891 – March 14, 1975) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox. Baker batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Pendleton, Oregon, and studied at the University of Washington, where he played college baseball for the Huskies in 1910.{{cite web|title=University of Washington Baseball Players Who Made It to a Major League Baseball Team|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_washington_baseball_players.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=21 August 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051202092907/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_washington_baseball_players.shtml|url-status=live|archivedate=2005-12-02}}

Of the more than 16,000 players in major league history, Baker is also among the 900-plus players on the Elias Sports Bureau registry who got into only one game. He was 19 years old. Baker's one big-league game came on June 19, 1911. In his only plate appearance, he executed a sacrifice bunt. On the field he made four putouts without committing an error.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1911/B06190NYA1911.htm |title=Boston Red Sox 6, New York Highlanders 3 |website=retrosheet.org |date=June 19, 1911 |accessdate=May 10, 2020}}

Baker served in the US Army during World War I and worked in the Kaiser Shipyards during World II.{{Sabrbio|d64ab3aa|Tracy Baker|Bill Nowlin|May 10, 2020}} He died in Placerville, California, at the age of 83.