1909–11 American Caramel (E90-1) Home Run Baker
Baker before the nickname, issued around the time his 1911 World Series homers made him "Home Run" Baker.
- Issue
- 1909–11 American Caramel (E90-1)
- Year
- 1909-11
- Subject
- Frank "Home Run" Baker
- Grade
- SGC 3
- Cert #
- 7340015
- Population
- 27 at this grade (per Card Ladder)
1909–11 American Caramel (E90-1)
Issued by the American Caramel Company of Philadelphia and packed one to a box of caramels, E90-1 is the best-known caramel set of the pre-war era. The backs promise "100 subjects," but collectors have since documented roughly 120 cards of 108 different players, printed across 1909–1911. Marketed to children rather than smokers, the cards took a beating, and PSA notes that only about 1% of graded examples top a 6. It holds the consensus rookie card of Joe Jackson alongside Cobb, Mathewson, Wagner, Young and Baker.
More on this issue →Frank "Home Run" Baker
The Athletics' third baseman earned his nickname in the 1911 World Series with home runs in consecutive games off the Giants' Rube Marquard and Christy Mathewson. He led the American League in homers four straight years in the Deadball Era, when a dozen was a big season. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1955.
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