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| Title | Baseball player Del Baker, Seattle, ca. 1928 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | ca. 1928 |
| Caption | Del Baker played professional baseball for 22 years, the first three of which were in the majors for the Detroit Tigers from 1914-16. He played in the minors for the San Francisco Seals, the Portland Beavers, and the Oakland Oaks. In 1940 as a coach and manager, he led the Detroit Tigers to their sixth pennant. He continued coaching until 1942.
This photograph of Baker batting is taken in Seattle's second Dugdale stadium towards the end of his career when he played for the Oakland Oaks and is likely around 1928. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Baker Del.
Caption information sources: Dave Eskenazi; Oregon Stadium Campaign website; baseball-almanac.com. |
| Subjects | Baseball players--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle; Stadiums--Washington (State)--Seattle; Dugdale Park (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Personal Names | Baker, Del |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Mount Baker (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.41 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
