Tom Baker vs. Pat Dobson — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pat Dobson
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Pat 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 3.54 and 1.313 for Pat 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 Pat Dobson

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.76
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.18
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.52
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.55
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.61
48.61
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.39
67.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.31
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
3.54
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6361
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2120.1
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2043
8.67
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.84
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3.5
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
2.82
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.32
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1301
5.52
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.927
0.927
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.11
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
40.5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8872
37.66
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.22
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
3.99
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.34
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.2
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.37
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8055
34.19
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.66
37.66

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Pat Dobson

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.76
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.18
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2119.2
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.23
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
1.91
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
1.83
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.78
95.78
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.041
1.041
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.39
67.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Pat Dobson

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
414
660.64
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
376
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
317
505.85
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
62.23
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
55.85
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.24
8.37
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
68.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
81.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.74
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
39.89
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.22
-5.13
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.55
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
162.77
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
3.69
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
75
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.77
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Dobson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Dobson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0