Josh Billings vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Josh Billings
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Josh Billings 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 5.03 and 1.604 for Josh Billings. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Billings and Tom Gorman

Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.78
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.46
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.69
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.1
64.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
5.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
9.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
3.06
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.19
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
41.48
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.41
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
6.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.604
1.604
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
36.05
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.48
41.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Josh Billings and Tom Gorman

Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1651
27
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
550.1
9
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.385
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.484
0.484
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Billings and Tom Gorman

Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
39
303.9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
77
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
68
529.87
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.656
0.656
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
132.47
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
101.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.88
53.62
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
171.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
171.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
85.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
132.47
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.74
60.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
116.88
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA