Howard Black vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Howard Black
UnknownThrows LeftCleveland ElitesNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Tomanek posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.524 compared to 14.73 and 2.727 for Howard Black. By the career numbers, Dick Tomanek had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Black and Dick Tomanek

Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
7.36
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
4.13
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
14.73
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.95
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.73
14.73
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
14.73
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.73
14.73
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9.82
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.36
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.364
1.364
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.204
1.204
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
58.91
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1021
39.78
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
2.06
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
22.09
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
5.49
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.09
22.09
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.727
2.727
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.485
1.485
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
49.09
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
903
35.18
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.91
58.91
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Howard Black and Dick Tomanek

Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
7.36
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
4.3
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.54
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
2.03
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.95
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.453
0.453
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Black and Dick Tomanek

Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
1222.64
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
566.04
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
38.22
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
28.8
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
4.82
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA