Ernie Baker

{{Short description|American baseball player (1875–1945)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ernie Baker

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1875|8|8|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Concord, Michigan

|death_date={{death date and age|1945|10|25|1875|8|8}}

|death_place=Homer, Michigan

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 18

|debutyear=1905

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 18

|finalyear=1905

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.50

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=1

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds ({{By|1905}})

}}

Earnest Gould Baker (August 8, 1875 – October 25, 1945) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He had a 62-74 minor league record, however, emerged as the ace of the {{by|1903}} Cotton States League champion Baton Rouge Red Sticks with a 22–9 record in 35 starts. He played in one Major League Baseball game for the Cincinnati Reds on August 18, {{by|1905}}. He pitched four innings in the game, allowing seven hits and four runs.