Career
Recruited from Street Patrick"s College, Ballarat, he played 76 games for Street Kilda from 1902–1906, and kicked 122 goals, including four of which came in his first VFL game. At the time a club record. He represented Victoria in cricket from 1903-1905 and at football before an injury ended his career.
Baker"s proportion of his team"s goals is also an VFL/American Federation of Labor-Congress record.