3053375 Portrait of Frank Baker, Philadelphia Athletics, 1911 (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Franklin "Home Run" Baker (1886 ??1963) was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman, Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922, for the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Yankees. Baker has been called the "original home run king of the majors";); Prismatic Pictures .