Bryan Baker vs. Dick Donovan — Career Comparison

Bryan Baker
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Donovan
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Dick Donovan built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Baker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bryan Baker led in home run suppression (HR9+ 147 vs 97), strikeout rate (K%+ 116 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 117 vs 103). Dick Donovan held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 173 vs 110). Role difference aside, Bryan Baker holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Baker and Dick Donovan

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
8.88
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.54
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.22
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.56
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.48
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.44
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.17
54.17
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
55.2
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.13
79.13
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.45
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
3.86
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
3.67
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6052
27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2017.1
9
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
7.5
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1988
8.87
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.88
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
3.21
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
2.21
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.22
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
10.14
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
3.93
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.483
1.483
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.2
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
36.75
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8407
37.51
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.26
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
4.12
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
909
4.06
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.74
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.231
1.231
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
762
33.02
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7867
35.1
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.75
36.75
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Bryan Baker and Dick Donovan

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
8.88
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.58
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.22
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5883
27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1961
9
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.66
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.52
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.54
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.09
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.95
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.29
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.95
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
2.2
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.107
0.107
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.1
77.1
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Baker and Dick Donovan

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
205
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
277.9
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
801
600
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
519.85
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
84.64
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
62.92
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
10.49
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.24
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
21.72
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.06
37.5
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
128.84
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
150.56
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
50.19
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
47.94
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
86.89
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.31
32.44
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.49
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
58.43
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
292
218.73
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
2.74
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
13.48
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.74
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA