Bill Gatewood vs. Jim Roland — Career Comparison

Bill Gatewood
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Roland
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Gatewood built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Roland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Roland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.22 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 3.67 and 1.354 for Bill Gatewood. By the career numbers, Jim Roland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Gatewood and Jim Roland

Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.53
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
4.32
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.02
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.34
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.07
49.07
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.47
66.47
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.43
13.43
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.63
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
3.67
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
3.22
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2996
27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1351
27
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
998.2
9
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.1
9
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1053
9.49
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
7.13
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.68
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.69
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
4.58
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.44
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
4.26
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
5.44
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.44
5.44
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.113
1.113
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.38
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4246
38.27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1927
38.51
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.28
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
5.15
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.7
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
1.5
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.69
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3739
33.7
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1663
33.24
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Bill Gatewood and Jim Roland

Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
1.59
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
4.33
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.41
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.58
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.18
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
2.47
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.4
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.98
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.84
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
3.65
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.78
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.76
91.76
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.74
96.74
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.292
2.292
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.84
25.84
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.43
13.43
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.12
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Gatewood and Jim Roland

Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
269.1
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
217
1400
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
602
600
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
514
512.29
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
541.94
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.766
0.766
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
143.52
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
109.63
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
22.92
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.98
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.98
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.89
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.83
75.57
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
3.21
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
194.35
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
207.31
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.739
0.739
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.708
0.708
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
72.76
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
63.79
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
130.56
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
25.81
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84.08
83.8
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.9
-25.19
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.98
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
57.81
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
36
232.26
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
2.58
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
23.92
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.99
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.99
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA