Dan Adams vs. Norm Baker — Career Comparison

Dan Adams
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City PackersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Norm Baker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Dan Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Norm Baker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Norm Baker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.325 compared to 3.74 and 1.444 for Dan Adams. By the career numbers, Norm Baker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Adams and Norm Baker

Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.47
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.84
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.04
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.54
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.67
26.67
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.28
48.28
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.04
34.04
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.32
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.96
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.74
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.39
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
513
27
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
756
27
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
9
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
9
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9.58
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
8.86
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.58
9.58
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.26
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
3.42
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.07
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
2.84
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
3.36
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.696
0.696
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.42
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
30.32
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1113
39.75
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.26
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
4.58
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
5.93
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
26.47
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1017
36.32
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.399
0.399
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.32
30.32
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75

Fielding Stats for Dan Adams and Norm Baker

Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.08
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
798
27
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
9
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.32
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.47
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.06
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.59
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.31
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.05
77.05
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.298
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Adams and Norm Baker

Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
477.97
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
31
169.09
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
55
559.32
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
578.18
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
8
81.36
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.17
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
26.04
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.97
21.64
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
111.86
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
109.09
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
111.86
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
120
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.17
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
120
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.54
15.64
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.42
18.67
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
30.51
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
18
183.05
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA