Norm Baker vs. Jim Golden — Career Comparison

Norm Baker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jim Golden
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Golden built a career as a starting pitcher and Norm Baker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Norm Baker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.325 compared to 4.54 and 1.514 for Jim Golden. By the career numbers, Norm Baker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm Baker and Jim Golden

Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.99
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.04
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.87
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.54
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.56
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.28
48.28
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.99
28.99
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.96
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.39
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
4.54
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
756
27
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
27
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
9
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
9
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
8.86
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
10.08
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.08
10.08
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.91
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.07
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
3.29
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
3.36
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.98
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.918
0.918
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.39
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
39.75
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
39.85
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.78
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
5.93
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
5.32
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.486
1.486
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1017
36.32
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
845
36.56
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.75
39.75
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.85
39.85

Fielding Stats for Norm Baker and Jim Golden

Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.08
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.98
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.86
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
798
27
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
625
27
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
9
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
208.1
9
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.48
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.32
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.68
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.47
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
2.06
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.25
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.59
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.16
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.05
77.05
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.99
28.99
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Baker and Jim Golden

Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
31
169.09
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
692.31
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
578.18
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
60
553.85
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
98.18
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
8
73.85
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.69
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.15
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.97
21.64
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.63
42.76
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
109.09
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
120
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
8
73.85
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
73.85
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
120
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
147.69
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.42
18.67
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
44.36
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
8
73.85
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.13
8.13
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.69
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA