Tom Gorman vs. Clayton Kershaw — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clayton Kershaw
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Clayton Kershaw 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. Clayton Kershaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.53 and WHIP 1.028 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Clayton Kershaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Gorman and Clayton Kershaw

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.7
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.91
69.91
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
8.6
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2193
6.91
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
0.74
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
2.25
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3052
9.62
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.34
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
37.95
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11279
35.55
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
2.78
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.66
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10391
32.75
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.55
35.55

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Clayton Kershaw

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
1.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
1.52
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.51
97.51
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Clayton Kershaw

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
464
328.69
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
847
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
698
494.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
80.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
70.84
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.79
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
9.21
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.44
17.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
91.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
106.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
32.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
28.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
60.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.82
14.04
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.83
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
24.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
300
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
149.47
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
4.01
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
77.92
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
10.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100