Harold Baines vs. Joe Start — Career Comparison

Harold Baines
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameDesignated HitterSilver SluggerAll-Star
Joe Start
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaProvidence GraysNational LeagueFirst Baseman

On the career numbers, Harold Baines posted the stronger offensive profile against Joe Start. Harold Baines posted stronger numbers in OPS (.831 vs .690) and on-base percentage (.366 vs .322). Joe Start had the advantage in batting average (.299 vs .289). 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 Joe Start

Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2830
153.08
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
1070
130.83
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11092
600
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
4907
600
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9908
535.95
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4743
579.95
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.828
0.828
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0.696
0.696
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2866
155.03
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1417
173.26
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1945
105.21
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1187
145.14
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
488
26.4
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
148
18.1
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
49
2.65
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
8.19
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
384
20.77
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
15
1.83
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
921
49.82
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
230
28.12
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1611.5
87.17
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
548.86
67.11
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4604
249.04
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
1744
213.25
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3942
213.23
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
1581
193.32
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.465
0.465
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
0.69
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.775
0.775
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0.577
0.577
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1299
70.27
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PAverified
852
104.18
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1628
88.06
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
544
66.52
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2543
137.56
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1381
168.86
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1640.47
88.74
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
650.43
79.53
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
0.76
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1062
57.45
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
164
20.05
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
10.12
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
1441
77.95
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
13.33
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
7.7
7.7
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.02
45.02
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
0.74
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
0.49
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
5.36
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
298
16.12
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.24
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
1.84
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
2.2
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
1.84
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.1
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
3.68
Joe Start
Career
Per 600 PA
27
3.3
Harold Baines
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67

Fielding Stats for Harold Baines and Joe Start

Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
1.07
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1074
1.01
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1014
1.02
Joe Start
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.14
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
26867
27
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28818
27
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
8955.2
9
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9606
9
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
2031
2.04
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11197
10.49
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.07
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.21
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.05
Joe Start
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
0.41
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
2147
2.16
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11859
11.11
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
2100
2.11
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11426
10.71
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.81
97.81
Joe Start
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.35
96.35
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.979
1.979
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.639
10.639
Harold Baines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.57
95.57
Joe Start
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.97
13.97
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.02
Joe Start
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
0.42
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Start
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Start
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Start
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Baines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Start
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0