Al Baird

{{short description|American baseball player (1895-1976)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Al Baird

| image = Al Baird 1918.jpeg

| position = Second baseman/Third baseman/Shortstop

| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|06|02}}

| birth_place= Cleburne, Texas

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|11|27|1895|06|02}}

| death_place= Shreveport, Louisiana

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 10

| debutyear = 1917

| debutteam = New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 28

| finalyear = 1919

| finalteam = New York Giants

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .252

| stat2label = Runs scored

| stat2value = 9

| stat3label = Putouts

| stat3value = 62

| baseball_ref =

| teams =

• New York Giants ({{baseball year|1917}}, {{baseball year|1919}})

}}

Albert Wells Baird (June 2, 1895 – November 27, 1976) was a Major League Baseball infielder who played parts of the 1917 and 1919 seasons for the New York Giants. Between his playing days he served in the military during World War I. Baird was born in Cleburne, Texas and died in Shreveport, Louisiana. He batted and threw right-handed.{{cite book|title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7|pages=293}} He went to college at Centenary College of Louisiana and Louisiana State University.