Jack Armstrong vs. Norm Baker — Career Comparison

Jack Armstrong
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Norm Baker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jack Armstrong 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 4.58 and 1.458 for Jack Armstrong. By the career numbers, Norm Baker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Armstrong and Norm Baker

Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.74
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.49
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.04
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.74
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.54
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.28
48.28
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.53
85.53
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.96
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
400
4.58
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.39
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
756
27
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
9
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
807
9.23
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
8.86
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.23
9.23
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.17
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
3.65
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.07
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.24
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
5.83
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
3.36
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.83
5.83
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.3
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3450
39.47
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1113
39.75
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
5.02
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
5.93
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.39
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.42
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3044
34.83
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1017
36.32
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75

Fielding Stats for Jack Armstrong and Norm Baker

Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.74
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.08
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.49
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
27
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
9
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.71
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
1.27
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.32
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.47
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
2.07
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.06
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.98
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.59
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.58
95.58
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.05
77.05
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.53
85.53
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Armstrong and Norm Baker

Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
426.98
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
31
169.09
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
600
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
110
600
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
516.28
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
578.18
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
58.6
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
53.02
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.58
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.58
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
6.02
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.97
21.64
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
64.19
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
109.09
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
69.77
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
120
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.33
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
22.33
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
16
44.65
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
120
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.73
-13.19
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.42
18.67
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.58
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.58
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
83
231.63
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
2.59
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
72.56
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.74
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA