Rube Chambers vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Rube Chambers
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Chambers 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 5.49 and 1.617 for Rube Chambers. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Chambers and Tom Gorman

Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.45
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.95
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.91
65.91
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.46
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
5.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.433
0.433
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
10.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
4.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
4.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
29.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
37.95
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
6.47
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.05
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.617
1.617
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
23.16
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.542
0.542
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
29.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Rube Chambers and Tom Gorman

Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
2.05
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
579
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.5
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.98
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.29
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Chambers and Tom Gorman

Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
47
247.37
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
96
505.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.15
53.41
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
136.84
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
184.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
68.42
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
121.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
54.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
89.47
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.29
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA