Earl Allen vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Earl Allen
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Earl Allen 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 6.75 and 2.167 for Earl Allen. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earl Allen and Tom Gorman

Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.01
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
48
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.167
2.167
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Earl Allen and Tom Gorman

Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1651
27
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
550.1
9
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.484
0.484
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earl Allen and Tom Gorman

Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
553.57
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.29
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA