Graves of J. Franklin "Home Run" Baker (1886-1963) and Margaret, his
second wife at Spring Hill Cemetery in Easton, Md. Note the baseball
bat and glove on the gravestone. Baker almost singlehandedly won the
1911 World's Series for the Philadelphia Atlhletics and was elected to
the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. Next to it, is the grave of his
first wife Ottilie R. Baker (1888-1920).
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