Bob Gamble vs. Max Scherzer — Career Comparison

Bob Gamble
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Max Scherzer
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Max Scherzer 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. Max Scherzer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.22 and WHIP 1.091 compared to 8 and 1.444 for Bob Gamble. By the career numbers, Max Scherzer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gamble and Max Scherzer

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
1.47
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.67
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.36
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.14
98.14
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1059
3.22
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2433
7.39
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
1.08
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
779
2.37
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.06
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3489
10.6
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.6
10.6
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.24
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.35
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11987
36.41
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1132
3.44
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.18
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.18
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.45
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.084
1.084
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10977
33.34
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.41
36.41

Fielding Stats for Bob Gamble and Max Scherzer

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
1.47
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
0.5
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
0.65
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.05
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.21
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
1.15
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.47
95.47
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.785
0.785
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gamble and Max Scherzer

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
490
555.77
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
529
600
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
464
526.28
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
88.47
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
80.53
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.94
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.44
18.65
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
98.68
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
105.48
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
35.16
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
34.03
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
68.05
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.54
14.22
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
14.74
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
161
182.61
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.67
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100