Fred Anderson vs. Tom Baker — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson 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. Fred Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.175 compared to 3 and 1.500 for Tom Baker. By the career numbers, Fred Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Anderson and Tom Baker

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.18
48.18
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3.5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Tom Baker

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.99
96.99
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Tom Baker

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
557.14
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.71
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
14.37
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.43
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
2.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.21
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA