TRAPPE, MARYLAND — John Franklin “Home Run” Baker — born March 13, 1886, in Trappe and elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 — still has a named place on Main Street: Home Run Baker Park and its historical marker.

Baker’s Hall of Fame page lists him as a third baseman who led the American League in home runs for four seasons, finished with a .307 batting average and 96 career home runs across 13 big-league seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics (1908–1914) and New York Yankees (1916–1919, 1921–1922), and helped win three World Championships. The Maryland State Archives Talbot chronology lists the same birth date and Trappe place: March 13, 1886, Frank (Home Run) Baker (1886–1963), American League Baseball Hall of Famer, born in Trappe. The Hall of Fame says he died June 28, 1963; the SABR biography lists his death in Trappe.

The Historical Marker Database transcription for the park marker dedicates the park to Hall of Fame inductee John Franklin “Home Run” Baker (1886–1963) — “Baseball’s First Home Run Hero” and “as fine a citizen as any town could have.” The same marker text records that after his playing career he returned to Trappe, served on the Trappe Town Board beginning in 1923 (board president in 1932–33), and later filled roles including tax collector and director of the State Bank of Trappe and the Trappe Volunteer Fire Company. HMDB places the marker inside Home Run Baker Park, reached from Main Street (Maryland Route 565) about 0.3 miles north of Maple Avenue, near the parking lot; the listing’s postal address is 4180 Main St., Trappe, MD 21673.

HMDB places the marker in Home Run Baker Park off Main Street in Trappe.