Tom Baker vs. Jim Clancy — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Clancy
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Clancy 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 4.23 and 1.392 for Jim Clancy. 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 Jim Clancy

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
1.69
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
1.36
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.5
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
0.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.6
45.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.72
80.72
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.26
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
4.23
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2513
8.98
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
0.87
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3.5
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
947
3.39
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.16
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1422
5.08
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.941
0.941
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.36
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.11
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10772
38.51
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.14
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1304
4.66
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.25
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
0.76
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.375
1.375
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9639
34.46
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Jim Clancy

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
1.69
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
1.36
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
0.66
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
1.08
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512
1.83
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
1.74
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.92
94.92
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.72
80.72
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Jim Clancy

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
2000
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
3933.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
508.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
75
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
66.67
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
11.61
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.67
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
2.64
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
166.67
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA