Bob Gamble vs. Mike Soroka — Career Comparison

Bob Gamble
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Mike Soroka
Gen ZCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mike Soroka 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. Mike Soroka posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.227 compared to 8 and 1.444 for Bob Gamble. By the career numbers, Mike Soroka had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gamble and Mike Soroka

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.97
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.49
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.56
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.48
43.48
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.82
75.82
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.85
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1247
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415.2
9
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
7.97
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.06
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.03
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
8.21
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.65
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1742
37.72
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.29
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.82
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
33.71
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72

Fielding Stats for Bob Gamble and Mike Soroka

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.97
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.49
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1247
27
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415.2
9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.93
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.47
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.43
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.82
75.82
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gamble and Mike Soroka

Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
769.01
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
507.04
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.58
4.89
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
76.06
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.66
-14.03
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
23
194.37
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
3.09
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
59.15
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gamble
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA