[3] In August 1891, he moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers where he played alongside Will Devey and England international forwards Harry Wood and Robert Topham.
The "Saints", who included the 18-year-old Charles Miller (considered to be the father of football in Brazil[4]) in their line-up, were "outplayed fairly and squarely on every point", although the spectators "thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition" and looked forward to witnessing "more matches of a similar character" in future.
In the summer of 1894, along with fellow Stoke players Lachie Thomson and Alf Littlehales, he was persuaded to move to the south coast, where Southampton were about to embark on their first season in the new Southern League.
[7] According to Holley & Chalk, he was "a neat dribbler, (who) had a firm command over the ball and could centre with precision"[6] In 1895–96 he was an ever-present as Southampton finished the season in third place.
At the end of the season he announced his retirement from football; the club presented him with a gold watch, before Baker returned to Stafford to take up the trade of shoemaker.