Norm Bass vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Norm Bass
Silent GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Norm Bass 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 5.32 and 1.616 for Norm Bass. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm Bass and Tom Gorman

Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.31
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.6
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.33
43.33
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.31
52.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
5.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
9.61
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.92
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
3.94
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.19
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.35
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1146
40.66
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
5.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.608
1.608
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
35.66
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Norm Bass and Tom Gorman

Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.31
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.31
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.7
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.31
52.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Bass and Tom Gorman

Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
66
444.94
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
89
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
82
552.81
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
53.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
47.19
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
13.83
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
74.16
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
82.14
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
33.71
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
67.42
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.48
-9.95
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
323.6
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
300
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
1.85
1.85
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA