Fred Burchell vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Fred Burchell
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Burchell 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. Fred Burchell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Fred Burchell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Burchell and Tom Gorman

Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.54
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.88
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.47
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.43
46.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.93
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
285.2
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
8.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
659
8.6
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.91
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.19
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.756
0.756
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1147
36.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
37.95
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.47
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
4.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1039
32.73
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.14
36.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Fred Burchell and Tom Gorman

Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.54
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.79
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.64
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.5
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.83
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.29
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.54
86.54
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.837
1.837
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Burchell and Tom Gorman

Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
50
267.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
112
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
583.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
553.57
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
128.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
123.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.36
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.36
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
27.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
133.93
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
128.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
69.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.92
31.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
69.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.62
8.62
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA