Tom Baird

Thomas Y. Baird (January 27, 1885 – July 2, 1962) was an American baseball executive who served as the vice-president, co-owner, and eventual sole-owner of the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro leagues. Baird was associated with the Monarchs, and their founder and owner J. L. Wilkinson, from 1919 to 1955. Wilkinson sold the Monarchs to Baird in 1948, and Baird sold the team in 1955 to Ted Rasberry.[1]

References

Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6. Baird was a Kansas City, Kansas businessman and entrepreneur. (Wyandotte County Museum, Bonner Springs, Kansas)

External links

Tom Baird at B-R Bullpen

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[Riley-1] Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6. Baird was a Kansas City, Kansas businessman and entrepreneur. (Wyandotte County Museum, Bonner Springs, Kansas)