Ray Culp vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Ray Culp
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Culp 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. Ray Culp posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.58 and WHIP 1.310 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Ray Culp had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Culp and Tom Gorman

Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
1.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.58
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.48
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.71
54.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.23
83.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
3.58
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5695
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1898.1
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1677
7.95
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
8.6
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.95
7.95
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
752
3.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.25
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1411
6.69
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.69
6.69
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.139
1.139
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.35
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.33
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8066
38.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
4.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7199
34.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.24
38.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Ray Culp and Tom Gorman

Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
1.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5694
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1898
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
0.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.87
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
1.76
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.42
94.42
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.23
83.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Culp and Tom Gorman

Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
277.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
696
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
602
518.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
63.79
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
54.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
6.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.72
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.82
11.92
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
76.72
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
87.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
34.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
29.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
62.93
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.03
-1.75
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
22.41
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
292
251.72
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
300
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
2.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
57.76
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA