Earl Bumpus vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Earl Bumpus
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Earl Bumpus 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 5.56 and 1.820 for Earl Bumpus. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earl Bumpus and Tom Gorman

Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.92
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.01
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.61
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
11.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.22
11.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
4.45
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
42.88
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
6.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.71
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.91
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.809
1.809
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
36.91
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.88
42.88
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Earl Bumpus and Tom Gorman

Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.33
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1075
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
358.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.81
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.65
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.5
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.44
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.29
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.84
93.84
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.585
2.585
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.36
77.36
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earl Bumpus and Tom Gorman

Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 600 PA
63
204.32
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
538.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.619
0.619
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
120
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
97.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.12
52.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
155.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
178.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
51.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
84.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
132.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.02
58.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
51.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
185
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.29
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Bumpus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA