NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 JACK BAKER

Here’s a 1977 card for a player I’ve been meaning to tackle for some time now, former Red Sox first baseman (of a dozen games) Jack Baker:

Baker hit .130 over those 12 games in 1976, the first of his Major League career, collecting three hits in 23 at-bats with a homer and two runs batted in.
The following season would see him appear in only three games, which as it turned out were the last three Big League games he’d play in for his brief career, going 0-3.
In 1978, he would split the season between the Indians and Blue Jays organizations in Triple-A, but would never get the chance to play back on the Major League level, finishing his career with 14 games played, three hits, and a .115 batting average.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1978 JACK BAKER

Here’s a card I already had scheduled for later on in the year, but moved up in the “assembly line” for my buddy Mark, a 1978 Jack Baker:

After coming up for the first time in 1976 and playing in 12 games for Boston, Baker got a small cup-of-coffee in 1977, appearing in two games, amassing three plate appearances without a hit.
The following season would see him split his time with both the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays Minor League systems, capping off a pro career that began in 1971 after being drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 1971 out of Auburn University.
During his Minor League tenure Baker showed some “pop”, hitting as many as 36 homers in 1976 for Rhode Island of the International league, as well as 27 homers in both 1972 and 1974.