Elden Auker vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Elden Auker
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Elden Auker 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 4.42 and 1.495 for Elden Auker. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elden Auker and Tom Gorman

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.6
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.46
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.28
56.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.58
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
4.42
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5890
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1963.1
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2230
10.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.59
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
706
3.24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
2.72
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.19
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.662
0.662
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8688
39.83
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.18
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106
5.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.495
1.495
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7944
36.42
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Elden Auker and Tom Gorman

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1651
27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
550.1
9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.67
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.742
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.484
0.484
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elden Auker and Tom Gorman

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
272.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
700
535.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
100.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
77.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.96
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.05
35.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
139.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
133.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
55.87
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
55.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
106.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.57
34.11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
31.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
177.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
300
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
31.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA