Bob Gamble vs. Catfish Hunter — Career Comparison

Bob Gamble
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Catfish Hunter
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Catfish Hunter 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. Catfish Hunter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.151 compared to 8 and 1.444 for Bob Gamble. By the career numbers, Catfish Hunter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gamble and Catfish Hunter

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
1.3
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.58
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.43
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.44
57.44
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
95.2
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
0.47
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.11
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1248
3.26
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2958
7.72
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
0.98
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
954
2.49
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.15
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2012
5.25
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.13
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.13
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14032
36.61
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1380
3.6
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.22
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.19
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.2
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12870
33.58
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.61
36.61

Fielding Stats for Bob Gamble and Catfish Hunter

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
1.31
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
0.59
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
0.83
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
1.48
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544
1.42
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.94
95.94
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.086
1.086
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gamble and Catfish Hunter

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
515
435.21
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
658
556.06
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.557
0.557
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
125.92
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
104.79
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.52
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.54
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.07
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
21.13
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42.57
35.98
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
159.72
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
132.68
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.521
0.521
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.383
0.383
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
50.7
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
43.1
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
88.73
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45.21
38.21
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.76
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
160
135.21
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
4.44
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
32.96
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.23
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.45
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100