Joe Lake vs. Tom Martin — Career Comparison

Joe Lake
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Martin
Gen XSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Lake built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Martin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Lake posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 4.92 and 1.582 for Tom Martin. By the career numbers, Joe Lake had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Lake and Tom Martin

Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
1.36
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
10.69
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.95
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.42
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.61
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.79
40.79
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
55
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.65
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.85
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
4.92
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3954
27
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
950
27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318
9
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
316.2
9
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
9.08
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
9.63
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.02
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
2.27
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
4.06
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.54
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
4.06
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
6.37
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.26
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5443
37.17
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1415
40.22
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.36
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.02
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.57
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
5.14
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.43
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.34
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.8
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5091
34.76
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
35.01
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.17
37.17
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.22
40.22

Fielding Stats for Joe Lake and Tom Martin

Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
2.4
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
10.69
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.99
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
950
27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
316.2
9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.51
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.43
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
5.63
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.17
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
6.68
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.71
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
6.14
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.59
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.86
91.86
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.553
2.553
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.149
0.149
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Lake and Tom Martin

Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
208
247.62
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
376
17353.85
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
584.52
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
120.24
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
92.86
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.67
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.14
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
27.38
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.52
36.33
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
161.9
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
129.76
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.43
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
45.24
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
88.1
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.14
35.89
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.55
-71.43
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.19
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.33
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
138.1
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.34
4.34
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.95
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA