Travis Baptist vs. Catfish Hunter — Career Comparison

Travis Baptist
Gen XOregonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Catfish Hunter
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Catfish Hunter built a career as a starting pitcher and Travis Baptist as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Catfish Hunter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.151 compared to 5.67 and 1.704 for Travis Baptist. By the career numbers, Catfish Hunter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Travis Baptist and Catfish Hunter

Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.33
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
1.3
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.58
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.43
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.44
57.44
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.2
95.2
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
0.47
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.11
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1248
3.26
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
11.33
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2958
7.72
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.33
11.33
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.67
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
0.98
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
3.67
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
954
2.49
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.15
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2012
5.25
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.815
0.815
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.13
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.13
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
41
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14032
36.61
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1380
3.6
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.22
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.19
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.2
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
35.33
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12870
33.58
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.61
36.61

Fielding Stats for Travis Baptist and Catfish Hunter

Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.33
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
1.31
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
0.59
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
0.83
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
1.48
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544
1.42
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.94
95.94
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.615
0.615
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.086
1.086
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Travis Baptist and Catfish Hunter

Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
13
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
515
435.21
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
710
600
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
658
556.06
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
125.92
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
104.79
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.52
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.54
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.07
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
21.13
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.57
35.98
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
159.72
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
132.68
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
50.7
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
43.1
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
88.73
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.21
38.21
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.76
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
160
135.21
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
4.44
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
32.96
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.23
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.45
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100