Tom Baker vs. Joe Coleman — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Coleman
Baby BoomersMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Coleman 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 3.7 and 1.356 for Joe Coleman. 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 Joe Coleman

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
1.7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.19
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.5
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.47
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.26
51.26
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.25
70.25
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1055
3.7
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7708
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2569.1
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2416
8.46
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
0.82
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1003
3.51
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.23
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728
6.05
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.41
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.32
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10948
38.35
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.25
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1202
4.21
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.34
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.18
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.331
1.331
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9709
34.01
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Joe Coleman

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
1.7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.19
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7708
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2569.1
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
0.63
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
1.23
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
555
1.94
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530
1.86
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.5
95.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.25
70.25
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Joe Coleman

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
485
538.89
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
513.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
54.44
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
45.56
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8.89
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8.89
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.85
8.72
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
63.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
91.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
20
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
25.56
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
45.56
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-6.44
-7.16
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
35.56
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
195
216.67
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
48.89
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.11
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
14.44
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0