Harry Ables vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Gorman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Gorman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 4.04 and 1.528 for Harry Ables. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Tom Gorman

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.04
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.79
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
5.17
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.995
0.995
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
40
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
36.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Tom Gorman

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.21
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.92
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Tom Gorman

Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
553.57
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
50
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
42.86
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
7
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.14
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
82.14
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.43
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-60.42
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-4.65
-16.6
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
300
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.29
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA