Al Baker vs. Cliff Carter — Career Comparison

Al Baker
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cliff Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Baker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.79 and WHIP 1.506 compared to 9.39 and 1.957 for Al Baker. By the career numbers, Cliff Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Baker and Cliff Carter

Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.52
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.44
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9.39
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.79
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
15.26
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
10.02
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.26
15.26
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.02
10.02
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
3.53
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.73
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.522
0.522
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.806
0.806
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
44.61
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2023
40.55
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.17
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9.39
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
6.15
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.68
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.957
1.957
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
41.09
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1777
35.62
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.61
44.61
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Al Baker and Cliff Carter

Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.46
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1388
27
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462.2
9
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.49
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.2
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.28
88.28
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Baker and Cliff Carter

Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
240.57
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
543.4
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.24
57.28
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
172.64
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
189.62
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.47
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
93.4
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.56
69.51
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.79
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA