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A Photographic Treasury of Baseball’s Deadball Era

Cabinet photo of the 1908 Reading Pretzels of the Tri-State League. Home Run Baker is shown in one of his earliest photos. Baker made his Major League debut with the Philadelphia Athletics later that year. Also shown is Shag Shaughnessey. Below is a postcard which…

This classic image of Baker with the upturned collar and massive bat is in our opinion the finest image of Baker and which perfectly captures the aura of the Deadball Era. Baker’s bat weighed in an incomprehensible 52 ounces.