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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Davenport, Iowa in 1952.
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* Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Attended high school in Davenport, Iowa.
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* Was an outstanding basketball and track man in high school.
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* Played with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League in 1948 and 1949.
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== Outside of baseball ==
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* Served in the Armed Forces from 1943 to 1946.
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== Source ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}

Revision as of 21:41, 21 January 2010

This article is about the Major League player named Gene Baker. For the 1960s minor league player, see Gene Baker (baker-001elv).


Contents

Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Davenport, Iowa in 1952.
  • Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.

Pre-professional career

  • Attended high school in Davenport, Iowa.
  • Was an outstanding basketball and track man in high school.
  • Played with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League in 1948 and 1949.

Outside of baseball

  • Served in the Armed Forces from 1943 to 1946.

Source

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.