Pat Paige vs. Tom Walker — Career Comparison

Pat Paige
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Walker
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Paige built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Walker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Walker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 4.5 and 1.750 for Pat Paige. By the career numbers, Tom Walker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Paige and Tom Walker

Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.15
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.39
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.9
43.9
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.87
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
27
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
9
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
9.09
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.87
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3.94
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.09
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.38
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
5.7
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.813
0.813
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.976
0.976
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
38.81
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1795
39.02
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.98
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.75
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
4.67
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.59
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
34.88
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1598
34.74
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Pat Paige and Tom Walker

Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.15
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.37
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1243
27
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414.1
9
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.46
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.98
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.56
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.43
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4.5
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.346
0.346
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Paige and Tom Walker

Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
2938.46
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
507.69
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
24.64
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.26
19.42
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
9.5
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.99
15.22
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
123.08
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.88
4.88
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA