Jim Archer vs. Norm Baker — Career Comparison

Jim Archer
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Norm Baker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jim Archer 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 3.94 and 1.373 for Jim Archer. By the career numbers, Norm Baker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Archer and Norm Baker

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.2
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.04
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.54
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.28
48.28
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.12
49.12
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.96
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
3.94
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.39
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
756
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
9.42
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
8.86
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.73
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.7
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
3.07
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4.71
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
3.36
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.824
0.824
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1008
38.94
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1113
39.75
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.54
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.98
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
5.93
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.348
1.348
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
933
36.04
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1017
36.32
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.94
38.94
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75

Fielding Stats for Jim Archer and Norm Baker

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.2
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.08
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
798
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.31
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.51
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.32
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.47
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.93
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.06
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.82
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.59
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
94
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.05
77.05
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.825
0.825
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Archer and Norm Baker

Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
468.49
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
31
169.09
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
64
526.03
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
578.18
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
41.1
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
5.44
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.97
21.64
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
49.32
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
109.09
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
57.53
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
120
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
49.32
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
120
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.21
-18.13
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.42
18.67
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
19
156.16
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
3.84
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA