Harry Brecheen vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Harry Brecheen
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Brecheen 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. Harry Brecheen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.188 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Harry Brecheen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Brecheen and Tom Gorman

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
1.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.11
59.11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.47
75.47
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.92
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1731
8.17
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
8.6
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
2.53
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
901
4.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.17
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7821
36.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
37.95
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.25
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
701
3.31
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
34.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Harry Brecheen and Tom Gorman

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1651
27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
550.1
9
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.428
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.484
0.484
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Brecheen and Tom Gorman

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
258.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
746
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
541.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
103.75
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
87.67
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.46
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.61
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
30.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
127.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
143.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
38.61
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
35.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
72.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.13
30.67
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
97.32
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
300
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
19.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
12.87
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA