Maurice Busby vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Maurice Busby
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Maurice Busby 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. Dick Tomanek posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.524 compared to 10.13 and 2.063 for Maurice Busby. By the career numbers, Dick Tomanek had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Maurice Busby and Dick Tomanek

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.95
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.66
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.91
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.36
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
4.22
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.125
1.125
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
49.78
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1021
39.78
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.66
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
5.49
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.063
2.063
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.485
1.485
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
43.03
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
903
35.18
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.78
49.78
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Maurice Busby and Dick Tomanek

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.38
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.54
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.22
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
2.03
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.38
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.95
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Maurice Busby and Dick Tomanek

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
566.04
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
101.89
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
279.46
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.38
38.22
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
720
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
169.81
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
309.2
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2.54
28.8
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
4.82
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA