Clifford Allen vs. Tom Baker — Career Comparison

Clifford Allen
UnknownThrows RightBats RightMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Clifford Allen built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Baker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Baker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 9.47 and 2.474 for Clifford Allen. By the career numbers, Tom Baker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clifford Allen and Tom Baker

Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.32
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.42
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
9.47
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
16.11
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
10
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.11
16.11
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
6.16
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
6.16
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.167
1.167
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
48.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
40.5
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
10.89
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.89
10.89
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.474
2.474
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
42.16
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
36.5
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.79
48.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Clifford Allen and Tom Baker

Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
2.48
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.35
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.35
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clifford Allen and Tom Baker

Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
450
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
562.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
4.95
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.5
-18.8
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clifford Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA