- John Baker (baseball)
Infobox MLB player
width = 150
name = John Baker
caption =
team = Florida Marlins
number = 21
position = Catcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1981|1|20
birthplace = city-state|Alameda|California
bats = Left
throws = Right
debutdate = July 9
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Florida Marlins
statyear = 2008
stat1label =Batting average
stat1value = .299
stat2label =Home run s
stat2value = 5
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 32
teams =
*Florida Marlins (by|2008-present)John David Baker (born
January 20 ,1981 inAlameda, California ) is aMajor League Baseball catcher for theFlorida Marlins .He graduated from
De La Salle High School (Concord, California) in 1999 before attending theUniversity of California, Berkeley . As a junior in 2002, he led thePac-10 with a .383 batting average and was selected to the All Pac-10 team.During the off-season he taught Physical Education at St. Isidore School in
Danville, CA .Baker was drafted in by|2002 by the
Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the amateur draft. He was mentioned several times in Michael Lewis' 2003 book "".His first major league hit was a solo home run off of
Chan Ho Park of theLos Angeles Dodgers onJuly 10 , by|2008.External links
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