Harold Baines vs. Doc Prothro — Career Comparison

Harold Baines
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameDesignated HitterSilver SluggerAll-Star
Doc Prothro
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueThird Baseman

Looking at the career totals, Harold Baines and Doc Prothro are closely matched on the surface stats. Harold Baines posted stronger numbers in OPS (.831 vs .798) and slugging (.465 vs .408). Doc Prothro had the advantage in on-base percentage (.390 vs .366). By the career numbers, Harold Baines had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Harold Baines and Doc Prothro

Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2830
153.08
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
180
158.13
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11092
600
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
683
600
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9908
535.95
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
600
527.09
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.828
0.828
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.807
0.807
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2866
155.03
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
191
167.79
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1945
105.21
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
147
129.14
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
488
26.4
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
29.87
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
2.65
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
8.78
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
384
20.77
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
921
49.82
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
44
38.65
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1611.5
87.17
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
98.49
86.52
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4604
249.04
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
245
215.23
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3942
213.23
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
261
229.28
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.465
0.465
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.798
0.798
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.775
0.775
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.774
0.774
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1299
70.27
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
66
57.98
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1628
88.06
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
81
71.16
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2543
137.56
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
147
129.14
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1640.47
88.74
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106.6
93.64
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
0.76
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.88
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1062
57.45
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
60.61
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
10.12
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
1441
77.95
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
35.14
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
7.7
7.7
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.08
17.08
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
0.74
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.73
1.73
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
9
0.49
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
11.42
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
5.36
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
298
16.12
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
1.84
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
11.42
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
1.84
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
13.18
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
3.68
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
24.6
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 600 PA
46.43
46.43

Fielding Stats for Harold Baines and Doc Prothro

Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
1.07
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1014
1.02
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26867
27
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8955.2
9
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2031
2.04
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.07
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.05
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.16
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2100
2.11
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.81
97.81
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.04
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.979
1.979
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.816
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.57
95.57
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.02
Doc Prothro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Prothro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0