Ernest Burke vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Ernest Burke
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ernest Burke 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 3.84 and 1.494 for Ernest Burke. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernest Burke and Tom Gorman

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.52
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.61
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
3.84
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
11.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.19
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.517
0.517
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
39.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.91
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
37.31
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.84
39.84
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Ernest Burke and Tom Gorman

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.48
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.52
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.04
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.5
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.95
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.29
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ernest Burke and Tom Gorman

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
39.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
43.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA