Scott Baker vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Scott Baker
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chet Nichols Jr.
Silent GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Chet Nichols Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Baker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chet Nichols Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.473 compared to 9.82 and 2.727 for Scott Baker. By the career numbers, Chet Nichols Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Baker and Chet Nichols Jr.

Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
2.82
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9.82
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.67
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.18
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
7.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
3.97
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
54
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.11
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.79
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9.82
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.727
2.727
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336
34.85
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Scott Baker and Chet Nichols Jr.

Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.8
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Baker and Chet Nichols Jr.

Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
603.19
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
600
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
552.13
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.21
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
9.84
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
73.4
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
79.79
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.49
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.26
-4.02
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.57
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
159.57
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.3
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA