Tom Baker vs. Harry Coveleski — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Coveleski
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Coveleski 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. Harry Coveleski posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.39 and WHIP 1.159 compared to 3 and 1.500 for Tom Baker. By the career numbers, Harry Coveleski had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Baker and Harry Coveleski

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.43
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.58
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.4
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.56
59.56
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
2.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3744
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1248
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1070
7.72
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3.5
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
2.71
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
3.69
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.41
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4994
36.01
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.22
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4561
32.89
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.01
36.01

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Harry Coveleski

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
7.92
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.84
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
18.44
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.12
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
21.4
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
20.28
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.77
94.77
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.561
2.561
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.13
13.13
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Harry Coveleski

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
198
260.53
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
418
550
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
103.95
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
88.16
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.53
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.26
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.3
26.71
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
125
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
125
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
39.47
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.84
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
76.32
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.6
25.79
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.32
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
19.74
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
134
176.32
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
28.95
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.95
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.95
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0