Tom Baker vs. Heinie Berger — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Heinie Berger
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Heinie Berger 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. Heinie Berger posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.6 and WHIP 1.135 compared to 3 and 1.500 for Tom Baker. By the career numbers, Heinie Berger had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Baker and Heinie Berger

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.35
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.02
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.44
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.46
52.46
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.56
75.56
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.63
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1797
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
599
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
7.57
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.57
7.57
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3.5
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.64
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
5.06
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.856
0.856
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.35
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.3
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2309
34.69
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.23
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.135
1.135
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2113
31.75
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.69
34.69

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Heinie Berger

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.35
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.02
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
2.5
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.06
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.87
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.09
94.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.122
2.122
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.56
75.56
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Heinie Berger

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
241.07
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
551.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
72.32
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
45.54
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
16.36
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
101.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
85.71
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
32.14
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.46
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
61.61
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
2.52
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.36
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
198.21
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
3.03
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.82
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Heinie Berger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100