Travis Baptist vs. Joe Sullivan — Career Comparison

Travis Baptist
Gen XOregonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Sullivan
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Sullivan 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. Joe Sullivan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.01 and WHIP 1.529 compared to 5.67 and 1.704 for Travis Baptist. By the career numbers, Joe Sullivan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Travis Baptist and Joe Sullivan

Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.33
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
2.3
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.46
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.57
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.78
44.78
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.67
36.67
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.31
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
4.01
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1764
27
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588
9
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
11.33
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
9.2
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.33
11.33
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.67
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.38
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.67
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
4.56
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.67
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
3.31
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.815
0.815
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.874
0.874
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.29
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
41
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2627
40.21
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.84
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
5.11
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.529
1.529
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
35.33
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2312
35.39
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.21
40.21

Fielding Stats for Travis Baptist and Joe Sullivan

Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.33
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
27
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
9
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.67
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.67
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.81
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.615
0.615
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.973
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Travis Baptist and Joe Sullivan

Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
13
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
408.97
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
600
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
559.64
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
115.7
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
107.62
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.07
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.07
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.79
29.02
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
123.77
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
139.91
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.67
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
40.36
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
78.03
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.14
32.67
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24.22
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
35
94.17
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.37
6.37
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.14
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.69
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Travis Baptist
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100