Ossie Brown vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Ossie Brown
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ossie Brown 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 7.65 and 1.733 for Ossie Brown. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ossie Brown and Tom Gorman

Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.59
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.65
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.65
7.65
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
11.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.7
11.7
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.58
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
3.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
42.3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
8.81
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.72
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
37.25
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Ossie Brown and Tom Gorman

Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.73
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.74
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.5
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.29
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ossie Brown and Tom Gorman

Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
13
278.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
25
535.71
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
44.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
61.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA