Sam Gibson vs. Jack Savage — Career Comparison

Sam Gibson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Savage
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Gibson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Savage as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sam Gibson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.574 compared to 7.67 and 1.807 for Jack Savage. By the career numbers, Sam Gibson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Gibson and Jack Savage

Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
2
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
6.14
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.15
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.49
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.58
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.71
45.71
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.25
57.25
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.5
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.28
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
7.67
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.67
7.67
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1765
27
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588.1
9
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
676
10.34
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
12.58
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.34
10.34
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.58
12.58
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.41
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.92
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
3.82
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.38
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
3.18
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.68
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.784
0.784
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.23
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2652
40.57
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
41.42
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.52
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.76
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
5.38
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
8.28
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.574
1.574
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2379
36.39
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
37.74
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.57
40.57
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.42
41.42

Fielding Stats for Sam Gibson and Jack Savage

Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
6.14
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
27
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.1
9
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.23
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.23
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.23
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.71
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.122
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Gibson and Jack Savage

Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
375.36
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
20
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
600
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
574.41
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
142.18
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
116.59
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.59
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.59
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.67
41.72
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
167.77
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
150.71
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
48.34
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.81
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
88.15
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.11
48.64
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.53
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
39.81
Jack Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.07
15.07
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.06
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Savage
Career
Per 600 PA