Kirtley Baker vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Kirtley Baker
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke 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. Lon Warneke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.245 compared to 6.28 and 1.803 for Kirtley Baker. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirtley Baker and Lon Warneke

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.41
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
1.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.07
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.62
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.39
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.34
61.34
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.86
75.86
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.82
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
0.62
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
6.28
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
11.72
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.49
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
0.57
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
4.51
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.79
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
3.69
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.811
0.811
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.73
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.16
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1789
43.4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
9.41
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.803
1.803
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
38.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.4
43.4
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Kirtley Baker and Lon Warneke

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.34
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.73
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.16
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.22
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.89
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.93
89.93
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.161
2.161
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kirtley Baker and Lon Warneke

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
205.26
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
459
255
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
190
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
962
534.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.573
0.573
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
35
110.53
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
119.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
101.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.11
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.78
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
46.14
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.26
34.59
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
40
126.32
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
142.78
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
186.32
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
150.56
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
60
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
48.33
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
31.58
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
29
91.58
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
100
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.16
54.18
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69.6
38.66
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.22
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
69.47
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
28.89
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
72.63
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
148
82.22
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.26
8.26
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
7.3
7.3
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
0.96
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.56
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.56
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100