Joe Cowley vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Joe Cowley
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Cowley 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 4.2 and 1.391 for Joe Cowley. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Cowley and Tom Gorman

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.82
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.9
56.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
4.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1408
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
469.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
7.94
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
659
8.6
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.01
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
4.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.202
1.202
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2026
38.85
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
4.66
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1759
33.73
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Joe Cowley and Tom Gorman

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.82
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1408
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
469.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.65
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.96
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.76
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Cowley and Tom Gorman

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
3031.58
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
1032.14
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
553.57
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
33.53
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
157.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.43
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.11
34.98
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.75
4.75
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA