Tom Baker vs. Joe Dobson — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Dobson
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Dobson 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 3.62 and 1.336 for Joe Dobson. 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 Dobson

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.72
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.13
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.57
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.43
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.08
57.08
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.94
65.94
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.46
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
874
3.62
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6510
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2170
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2048
8.49
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.57
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
851
3.53
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
992
4.11
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.849
0.849
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.23
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9159
37.99
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.35
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
981
4.07
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8298
34.42
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Joe Dobson

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
5
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
1397.25
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
27
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
425.25
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
1150.88
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
37.13
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
1613.25
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
1576.13
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.7
97.7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.128
1.128
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
81
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Joe Dobson

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
414
302.19
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
822
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
697
508.76
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
77.37
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
70.07
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.73
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.46
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.74
20.25
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
88.32
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
121.9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
33.58
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
25.55
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
57.66
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.67
17.27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
39.42
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
244
178.1
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.37
3.37
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
46.72
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.73
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.73
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100