Tom Dettore vs. Larry Kimbrough — Career Comparison

Tom Dettore
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry Kimbrough
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows UnknownBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Larry Kimbrough built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Dettore as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Dettore posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.21 and WHIP 1.586 compared to 5.81 and 1.671 for Larry Kimbrough. By the career numbers, Tom Dettore had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Dettore and Larry Kimbrough

Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.41
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.39
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.75
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.85
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.4
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.55
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.85
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.06
22.06
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
5.21
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.81
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
27
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
27
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179.2
9
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.2
9
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
9.82
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
10.42
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.82
9.82
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.8
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.91
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
4.61
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.55
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
5.31
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.91
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.024
1.024
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.9
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
814
40.78
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
39.82
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.15
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.03
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
6.16
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
7.35
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.16
6.16
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.35
7.35
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.4
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.68
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.9
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.51
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.525
1.525
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.671
1.671
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
35.32
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
34.52
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.78
40.78
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.82
39.82

Fielding Stats for Tom Dettore and Larry Kimbrough

Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.41
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.3
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.75
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.96
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
27
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179.2
9
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.77
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.15
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.82
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
2.25
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.97
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.15
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.59
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.56
95.56
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.632
0.632
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.06
22.06
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Dettore and Larry Kimbrough

Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
755.56
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
27
376.74
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
533.33
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
558.14
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.574
0.574
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
122.22
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
111.11
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
7
97.67
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
36.54
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
50.3
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
133.33
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
153.49
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
166.67
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
167.44
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.539
0.539
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.33
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
111.63
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
77.78
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
10
111.11
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
167.44
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.94
43.77
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.86
53.9
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
44.44
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
13
144.44
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.15
4.15
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.22
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Kimbrough
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100