Ed Baecht vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Ed Baecht
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Baecht as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rich Hill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.02 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 5.56 and 1.734 for Ed Baecht. By the career numbers, Rich Hill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Baecht and Rich Hill

Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.59
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.46
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.48
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.06
14.06
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.56
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
4.02
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
160.1
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
11.23
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.23
11.23
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.51
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
4.38
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.5
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
3.42
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.62
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.51
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
42.38
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.52
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.51
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.734
1.734
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
37.38
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.38
42.38
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Ed Baecht and Rich Hill

Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4254
27
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
9
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.93
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.27
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.17
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.61
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.891
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.474
0.474
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Baecht and Rich Hill

Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
853.33
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
389
851.82
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
42
560
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
560.58
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
63.5
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
52.55
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
18.3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.51
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.47
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
80
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
37.23
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.34
17.85
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-12.55
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.57
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
133.33
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
2.47
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
26.28
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA