J. Frank <i>Home Run</i> Baker and his wife Ottilie circa 1909
Photo of J. Frank "Home Run" Baker and his wife Ottilie taken about the time they were married in 1909. 1909 was an important year for Frank Baker: he hit his first career homerun on May 29 and married Ottilie Tschantre of Cambridge on Nov. 12 in San Fransicso where this photo was taken. He used to row the two miles across the Choptank from Kirby’s Wharf to Cambridge when they were courting. They had two girls. Ottilie died during the influenza epidemic in 1920. He married Margaret Mitchell in 1922 and they had a boy and a girl.
Photo courtesy of Geneveve Townsend.