Pat Combs vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Combs 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 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Tom Gorman

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
8.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.62
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.25
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.61
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1165
34.38
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Tom Gorman

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Tom Gorman

Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
56
305.45
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
110
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
95
518.18
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
114.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
196.36
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA