Johnny Couch vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Johnny Couch
Lost GenerationMontanaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johnny Couch 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 4.63 and 1.487 for Johnny Couch. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Johnny Couch and Tom Gorman

Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2.06
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.87
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.41
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.03
46.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.18
42.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.36
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
4.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1929
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
643
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
785
10.99
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.99
10.99
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
2.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.19
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2836
39.7
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.53
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
5.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2655
37.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.7
39.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Johnny Couch and Tom Gorman

Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1651
27
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
550.1
9
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.299
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.484
0.484
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnny Couch and Tom Gorman

Johnny Couch
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 600 PA
148
371.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
557.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
155
553.57
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
92.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
75.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.85
29.76
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130.54
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
117.99
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
45.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.76
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.43
23.67
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 600 PA
9
22.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
155.65
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.85
3.85
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Johnny Couch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Couch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA