Mike Birkbeck vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Mike Birkbeck
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mike Birkbeck 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 4.86 and 1.539 for Mike Birkbeck. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Birkbeck and Tom Gorman

Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.8
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
4.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
811
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
270.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
10.62
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
3.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
4.96
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1196
39.82
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
5.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.87
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.524
1.524
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
36.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.82
39.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Mike Birkbeck and Tom Gorman

Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.8
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
811
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
270.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.65
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.76
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.5
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.53
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.29
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Birkbeck and Tom Gorman

Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
2945.45
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
1032.14
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
8
436.36
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.99
54.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
71.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Birkbeck
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA