Bob Gamble vs. Eric Hillman — Career Comparison

Bob Gamble
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Eric Hillman
Gen XIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Hillman built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Gamble as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Hillman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.85 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 8 and 1.444 for Bob Gamble. By the career numbers, Eric Hillman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gamble and Eric Hillman

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.4
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.54
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.47
73.47
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.85
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
9
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
11.06
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.06
11.06
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.16
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.75
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.72
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.608
0.608
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1010
39.18
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
5.59
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.58
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.47
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.89
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
930
36.08
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.18
39.18

Fielding Stats for Bob Gamble and Eric Hillman

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.4
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.54
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.24
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.94
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.78
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.939
0.939
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gamble and Eric Hillman

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
376.92
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
600
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
500
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
61.54
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
53.85
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.69
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.69
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.19
9.16
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
69.23
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
69.23
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.38
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.38
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-3.31
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.69
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
25
192.31
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.12
3.12
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
92.31
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA