Bob Gamble vs. Fred Johnson — Career Comparison

Bob Gamble
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Fred Johnson
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Johnson 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. Fred Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.26 and WHIP 1.602 compared to 8 and 1.444 for Bob Gamble. By the career numbers, Fred Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gamble and Fred Johnson

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.06
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.76
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.26
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
11.06
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.06
11.06
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
3.36
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.97
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.703
0.703
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
40.42
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.92
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
5.95
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
485
36.99
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.42
40.42

Fielding Stats for Bob Gamble and Fred Johnson

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gamble and Fred Johnson

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
385.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
600
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
557.14
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.83
11.82
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
3.35
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
128.57
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA