Tom Gorman vs. Scott Kazmir — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scott Kazmir
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Scott Kazmir built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Gorman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Gorman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 4.02 and 1.361 for Scott Kazmir. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Gorman and Scott Kazmir

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
1.6
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.51
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.68
52.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.34
99.34
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
4.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1701
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
8.6
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1611
8.52
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.01
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
1.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
687
3.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1618
8.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.39
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.36
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7308
38.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
4.39
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.18
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.68
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.351
1.351
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6476
34.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Scott Kazmir

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
1.6
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1701
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
1.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.16
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.8
89.8
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.726
0.726
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.34
99.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Scott Kazmir

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
289
1032.14
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
304
2251.85
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
81
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
72
533.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
7
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.65
4.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
82.14
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
9
66.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.23
-16.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.41
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
266.67
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
14.81
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA