Norm Baker vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Norm Baker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill 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 4.02 and 1.278 for Rich Hill. 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 Rich Hill

Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.04
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.54
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.48
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.28
48.28
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.43
64.43
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.96
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.39
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
633
4.02
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
756
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
8.86
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.07
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
3.5
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
3.36
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.51
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1113
39.75
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
5.93
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.325
1.325
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1017
36.32
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Norm Baker and Rich Hill

Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.08
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.23
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.32
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.93
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.47
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.06
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.27
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.59
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.17
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.05
77.05
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Baker and Rich Hill

Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
31
169.09
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
110
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
578.18
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
560.58
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
63.5
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
52.55
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.97
21.64
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.51
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
109.09
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
120
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
87.27
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
28.47
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
120
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
17
37.23
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.42
18.67
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-12.55
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.38
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.57
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
2.47
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.28
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Norm Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA