Kirtley Baker vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Kirtley Baker
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Chris Sale 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. Chris Sale posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.01 and WHIP 1.053 compared to 6.28 and 1.803 for Kirtley Baker. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirtley Baker and Chris Sale

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.41
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.07
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.86
75.86
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.82
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
6.28
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
11.72
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.49
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
4.51
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.811
0.811
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.73
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.56
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1789
43.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
9.41
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.803
1.803
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
38.13
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.4
43.4
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Kirtley Baker and Chris Sale

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.34
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1251
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.73
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.16
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.22
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.89
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.93
89.93
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.161
2.161
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirtley Baker and Chris Sale

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
205.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
110.53
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
101.05
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
46.14
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
126.32
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
186.32
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
60
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
31.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
91.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.16
54.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
69.47
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
72.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.26
8.26
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
0.96
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA