Tom Baker vs. Willie Banks — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Willie Banks
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Willie Banks built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Baker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Baker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.75 and 1.557 for Willie Banks. By the career numbers, Tom Baker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Baker and Willie Banks

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
2.67
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.24
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.49
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
4.75
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1831
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610.1
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
632
9.32
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.96
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
4.45
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.24
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
6.31
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.167
1.167
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.6
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2717
40.06
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.59
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.46
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.24
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2359
34.79
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.07
40.07

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Willie Banks

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
2.67
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.24
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1831
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610.1
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.96
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.95
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.8
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.42
92.42
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.674
0.674
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Willie Banks

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
1380
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
510
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
90
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
75
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
22.41
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
105
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.428
0.428
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
45
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
20.75
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
172.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.48
3.48
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0