Elbert Eatmon vs. Jim Gott — Career Comparison

Elbert Eatmon
Greatest GenerationAlabamaNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Gott
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Elbert Eatmon built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Gott as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Gott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.438 compared to 5.9 and 1.810 for Elbert Eatmon. By the career numbers, Jim Gott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elbert Eatmon and Jim Gott

Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.48
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
4.45
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.93
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.77
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.45
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.59
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.08
43.08
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.33
17.33
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.73
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
5.9
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
3.87
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3360
27
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1120
9
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
11.64
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1081
8.69
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.64
11.64
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.68
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.66
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
3.74
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.51
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
4.19
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
837
6.73
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.73
6.73
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.983
0.983
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.163
1.163
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.42
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.18
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.12
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
43.6
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4828
38.8
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.09
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
2.1
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
7.76
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
4.39
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.46
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.24
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.67
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
38.33
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4252
34.17
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.8
38.8

Fielding Stats for Elbert Eatmon and Jim Gott

Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.44
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
4.45
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.86
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.77
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3360
27
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1120
9
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.63
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.15
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.17
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.86
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.15
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.8
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.471
0.471
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.29
35.29
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.33
17.33
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elbert Eatmon and Jim Gott

Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
16
355.56
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
554
4155
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
24
533.33
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
547.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
97.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
52.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
45
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
13.32
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.62
49.62
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
202.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
67.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
7.82
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
36.05
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elbert Eatmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
41
307.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
1.95
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Elbert Eatmon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0