Zach Day vs. Tom Gorman — Career Comparison

Zach Day
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Zach Day 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 1.554 for Zach Day. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Zach Day and Tom Gorman

Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.51
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.65
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
4.66
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389
9.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.85
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
4.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.25
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
4.56
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.969
0.969
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.53
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1648
39.8
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1439
34.75
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Zach Day and Tom Gorman

Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.77
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.65
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.35
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
2.15
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
2.13
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.88
98.88
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zach Day and Tom Gorman

Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
86
444.83
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
116
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
105
543.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
50
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
42.86
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
7.17
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.14
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.38
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
82.14
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.52
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
36.21
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-29.62
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-4.65
-16.6
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.34
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
263.79
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.27
2.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
46.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA