Tom Baker vs. Kyle Drabek — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kyle Drabek
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kyle Drabek 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 5.26 and 1.698 for Kyle Drabek. 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 Kyle Drabek

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.4
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.75
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.78
34.78
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
5.26
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179.2
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
9.42
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.2
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
5.86
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
7
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
6.16
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.167
1.167
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
40.5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
40.83
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
5.51
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.4
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
36.5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
34.21
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.83
40.83

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Kyle Drabek

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179.2
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.65
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.45
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.1
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.3
91.3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.977
0.977
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Kyle Drabek

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
2000
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
12900
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.21
-63.2
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA