Tom Baker vs. Matt Beech — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Beech
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Beech 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 5.37 and 1.573 for Matt Beech. 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 Matt Beech

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.67
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.67
26.67
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
5.37
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
9.82
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.82
9.82
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.59
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
4
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.34
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
7
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
8.12
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.167
1.167
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.43
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.37
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1315
40.12
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
5.83
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.83
5.83
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.4
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.76
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.536
1.536
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145
34.93
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Matt Beech

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.07
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.28
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.28
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.793
0.793
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Matt Beech

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
338.3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
491.49
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
70.21
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
63.83
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
9.3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
76.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
70.21
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
25.53
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
25.53
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
51.06
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-0.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
178.72
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
108.51
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Beech
Career
Per 600 PA