Born: May 30, 1926
Hometown: Staten Island, NY
Year Induction: 2004
Deceased : April 22, 2003
Erskine College, Due West, SC
Millsaps College, Jackson, MS (1948-1951)
Jackson Daily News, Jackson Clarion-Ledger (1948, 1950-1951, 1958-1998)
Alton Illinois Telegraph (1951-1955)
Jackson State Times (1955-1958)
Jackson Clarion Ledger (1980’s-1998)
Sports Editor, Millsaps Purple & White (1948)
Sports Information Director, Millsaps College (1950-1951)
Author Famed “Baker’s Dozen” column begun in 1950’s
Sports Editor Jackson Daily News (1958-1980s)
National Director of National Basketball Writers
Vice President of National Track & Field Writers
Five-time Mississippi Sportswriter of the Year
Mississippi Association of Coaches Hall of Fame (1979)
Charter Member, Mississippi Sportswriter Association Hall of Fame (1980)
Lee Baker was the first member of the mainstream Mississippi media to cover predominantly black colleges and high schools in the state and the first beat writer to cover the New Orleans Saints for Jackson newspaper.