[4] During his winters he played in the Ontario Hockey Association with the Hamilton Tiger Cubs (the Detroit Red Wings junior entry) for three seasons as a forward.
Baker would win two Mann Cup Canadian Major Senior A championships: 1966 and 1973 with Peterborough.
He was named 1973 Mann Cup most valuable player and won best goaltender in the Ontario Lacrosse Association ten times.
[1][5] In 2008, Baker and his 1958 Minto Cup winning junior team were named to the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame.
[6] In 2012, the 1956-59 Brampton Minto Cup dynasty was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame, Baker playing for the 1958 edition of the team.