Bob Gamble vs. Joe Houser — Career Comparison

Bob Gamble
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Joe Houser
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBuffalo BluesFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Houser 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. Joe Houser posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.48 and WHIP 1.783 compared to 8 and 1.444 for Bob Gamble. By the career numbers, Joe Houser had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gamble and Joe Houser

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.48
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
8.22
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
7.83
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.26
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.783
1.783
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Fielding Stats for Bob Gamble and Joe Houser

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gamble and Joe Houser

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
685.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
10.96
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-1.16
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA