Bryan Baker vs. Mal Eason — Career Comparison

MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mal Eason 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. Mal Eason posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 3.86 and 1.204 for Bryan Baker. By the career numbers, Mal Eason had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Baker and Mal Eason

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
8.88
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.18
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.08
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.56
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.34
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.48
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.69
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.17
54.17
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.03
33.03
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.2
91.2
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.85
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
3.86
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.42
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2854
27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951.1
9
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
7.5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1027
9.72
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
3.21
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
2.75
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
10.14
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
2.59
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.483
1.483
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.594
0.594
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.4
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
36.75
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4011
37.95
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.26
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
4.12
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
515
4.87
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.74
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.385
1.385
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
762
33.02
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3678
34.8
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.75
36.75
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Bryan Baker and Mal Eason

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
8.88
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.17
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.51
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2976
27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
992
9
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.44
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.52
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
2.51
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.19
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.95
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.15
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.95
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
2.96
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.95
93.95
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.107
0.107
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.527
2.527
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.41
43.41
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Baker and Mal Eason

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
130
206.35
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
378
600
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
565.08
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
68.25
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
63.49
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.76
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.76
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.87
10.91
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
73.02
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
85.71
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.98
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
23.81
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
50.79
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.45
-3.89
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.59
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.87
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
81
128.57
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.46
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100