Jim Buchanan vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Jim Buchanan
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Buchanan 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. Jim Buchanan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.245 compared to 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. By the career numbers, Jim Buchanan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Buchanan and Dick Tomanek

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.4
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.96
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.71
35.71
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.76
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
141.1
9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
9.49
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.72
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
4.36
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.44
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
36.68
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
39.78
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.84
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
547
34.83
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
35.18
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.68
36.68
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Jim Buchanan and Dick Tomanek

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.4
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.96
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.51
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.54
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.02
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2.03
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.51
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.95
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.3
87.3
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Buchanan and Dick Tomanek

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
22
253.85
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
46
530.77
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
26.52
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
38.22
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.1
24.28
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
28.8
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
4.82
4.82
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA