Rube Benton vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Rube Benton
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Benton 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. Rube Benton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.265 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Rube Benton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Benton and Tom Gorman

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
1.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.54
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
0.51
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.79
69.79
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.52
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
3.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2472
8.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
2.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
950
3.4
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.19
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.34
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10539
37.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
37.95
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
3.99
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9732
34.79
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Rube Benton and Tom Gorman

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
103.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
4.73
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
17.76
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.65
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
161.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.87
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
185.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
2.5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
178.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.29
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.728
1.728
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Benton and Tom Gorman

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
295.6
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
825
558.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
155
553.57
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
96.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
79.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
12.85
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.38
23.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
116.35
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
112.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
30.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
40.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
70.35
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.23
19.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.35
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.88
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
127.17
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
300
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
4.72
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
25.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA