Charles Emil Baron was a longtime minor league baseball player and manager who collected over 2,300 hits as a player and a league championship as a manager.

Playing career

Baron spent 20 seasons playing in the minor leagues, from 1931 to 1951, reaching as high as Triple-A in two seasons (1946 and 1947). He did not hit below .322 from 1934 to 1937, and he finished his career with a 2,319 hits and a .306 batting average in 2,080 minor league games. He led his respective league in triples in 1937, 1939 and 1944, and in 1936 he led the East Texas League

East Texas League

The East Texas League was a Texas-based league in minor league baseball that existed on-and-off from 1916 to 1950.-1916:In 1916, the first East Texas League began play. A Class-D league, it folded on July 19 of that season. The "league champions," by default, were the Palestine Athletics and Lufkin...

 in runs scored.

Managerial career

For the latter five years of his career, Baron was a player-manager. In 1947, he managed the Fresno Cardinals

Fresno Cardinals

The Fresno Cardinals were a minor league baseball team that played in the California League from 1941-1956. The team was owned by the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League and was based in Fresno, California....

 and Miami Tourists

Miami Tourists

The Miami Tourists were a Florida International League baseball team based in Miami, Florida, USA that played from 1947 to 1948. They played their home games at Miami Field. In neither 1947 or 1948 did they finish with a winning percentage greater than .500. Nevertheless, they made the league...

 for part of the year. He managed the Anniston Rams

Anniston Rams

The Anniston Rams were a minor league baseball team based in Anniston, Alabama that operated in the Southeastern League from 1938-1942 and again from 1946-1950. They had affiliation deals with the Chicago White Sox , Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates ....

 in 1948 and for part of 1949, and in 1950 he managed the Jacksonville Jax

Jacksonville Jax

The Jacksonville Jax were a minor league baseball team based at Ragsdale Park in Jacksonville, Texas, USA. They played in the West Dixie League from 1934-1935, the East Texas League from 1936-1940, and again in 1946, the Lone Star League in 1947 and the Gulf Coast League in 1950. In 1934, they were...

, leading them to a league championship. He managed the Port Arthur Sea Hawks

Port Arthur Sea Hawks

The Port Arthur Sea Hawks were a Gulf Coast League , Evangeline League and Big State League baseball team based in Port Arthur, Texas, USA...

for part of the 1951 season.