Baird had a six-year (1962–1967) professional career. The Senators, then a two-year old expansion team, brought Baird up for an audition during the September of his first year in pro ball, 1962, and gave him three starts. Then, the following September, they called him up again and used him in five games, three as a starter. But Baird went winless in four decisions. In 22​1⁄3 MLB innings pitched, he allowed 25 hits, 15 bases on balls, and 18 earned runs. He fanned ten. Baird appeared in 148 games in minor league baseball, where he fashioned a 47–46 record and a 3.99 earned run average.\n', '

After baseball, Baird was a traveling salesman for a Cincinnati-based company. He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at age 34, nine days after he was shot by a woman. There are conflicting accounts of the circumstances: the website Dead Ball Era lists his death as a homicide and occurring during an argument with his assailant, while Find a Grave classifies it as an accidental shooting. He is interred in Lynnhurst Cemetery in Knoxville.\n', '

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