Tom Baker vs. Pat Darcy — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pat Darcy
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pat Darcy 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 4.15 and 1.570 for Pat Darcy. 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 Pat Darcy

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
2.12
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.35
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.68
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
4.15
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
560
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186.2
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
9.26
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
4.29
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
3.62
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
0.879
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
39.44
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.24
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.96
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
710
34.23
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.44
39.44

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Pat Darcy

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
2.12
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.35
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
560
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186.2
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.35
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.93
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.78
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.5
92.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.841
0.841
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Pat Darcy

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
394.03
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
546.27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
62.69
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
53.73
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.15
10.31
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
71.64
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
80.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.87
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.82
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.73
-6.56
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.91
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
268.66
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
2.23
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.82
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Darcy
Career
Per 600 PA