Steven Byrne Baker is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for four seasons. He pitched for the Detroit Tigers from 1978 to 1979, the Oakland Athletics from 1982 to 1983, and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1983. He was originally drafted by the New York Mets in the 18th round of the 1974 MLB Draft, but did not sign with them, instead choosing to attend college at the University of Oregon. With things not working out in Oregon, Baker left school his freshman year and returned to El Cajon, California. Baker regrouped and was masterful in a season with the Grossmont Junior College Baseball team in El Cajon and he signed with the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent on May 10, 1976. After spending part of the 1978 season in the minor leagues, Baker made his major league debut on May 25, 1978. In a contest against the Baltimore Orioles, he pitched 6�?? innings, striking out six and allowing one earned run as the Tigers lost to the Orioles, 2?1. Baker made 15 appearances for the Tigers, starting ten games, earning two wins, four losses, and an earned run average of 4.55. [More at Wikipedia]

August 30th, 1956 in Eugene (Age 68)