Kirtley Baker vs. Jesse Haines — Career Comparison

Kirtley Baker
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jesse Haines
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Jesse Haines built a career as a starting pitcher and Kirtley Baker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jesse Haines posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 6.28 and 1.803 for Kirtley Baker. By the career numbers, Jesse Haines had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirtley Baker and Jesse Haines

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.41
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
1.56
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.07
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.09
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
0.59
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.07
57.07
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.91
69.91
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.82
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
0.58
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.07
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
6.28
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1298
3.64
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9626
27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3208.2
9
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
11.72
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3460
9.7
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.71
9.71
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.49
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.46
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
4.51
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
2.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.79
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
981
2.75
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.811
0.811
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.73
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.15
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.75
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.16
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1789
43.4
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13644
38.27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.27
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
9.41
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1556
4.36
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.803
1.803
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
38.13
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12716
35.67
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.4
43.4
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Kirtley Baker and Jesse Haines

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.34
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
27
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
9
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.73
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.16
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.22
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.89
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
759
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.93
89.93
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.56
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.161
2.161
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.365
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kirtley Baker and Jesse Haines

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
205.26
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
276.77
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
190
600
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1214
600
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1124
555.52
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
110.53
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
103.29
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
101.05
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
89.46
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
11.37
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.99
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
13.84
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
46.14
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.2
25.31
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
126.32
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
121.09
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
186.32
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
118.62
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
60
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.56
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
31.58
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
39.04
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
91.58
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
75.12
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.16
54.18
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48.15
23.8
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.49
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
69.47
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
14.83
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
72.63
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
246
121.58
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.26
8.26
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
4.94
4.94
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
0.96
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Haines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
29.16
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.49
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.99
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.99
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jesse Haines
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100