Bob Chesnes vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Bob Chesnes
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Chesnes 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 4.66 and 1.495 for Bob Chesnes. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Chesnes and Tom Gorman

Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.45
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.52
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.16
90.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.66
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1136
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
378.2
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
8.96
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
4.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
3.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.19
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.842
0.842
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1650
39.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
5.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.495
1.495
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1449
34.44
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Bob Chesnes and Tom Gorman

Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1651
27
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
550.1
9
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.35
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.164
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.484
0.484
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Chesnes and Tom Gorman

Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
90
291.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
557.84
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
155
553.57
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
142.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
107.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.46
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.73
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
35.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.36
59.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
201.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
184.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.669
0.669
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
90.81
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
48.65
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
132.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.97
64.77
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
42.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
58.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.28
10.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Chesnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
0.72
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.29
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chesnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA