Tom Gorman vs. Fritz Peterson — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fritz Peterson
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Fritz Peterson 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. Fritz Peterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.225 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Fritz Peterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Gorman and Fritz Peterson

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.54
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.38
50.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.96
92.96
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
813
3.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6655
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2218.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2217
8.99
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
1.73
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.25
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.19
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1015
4.12
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.13
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.17
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
37.95
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9103
36.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
947
3.84
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.18
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8567
34.76
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.93
36.93

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Fritz Peterson

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6653
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2217.2
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.47
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
1.74
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566
2.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
545
2.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.29
96.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.535
1.535
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.96
92.96
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Fritz Peterson

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
355
353.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
603
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
515
512.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
81.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
63.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
14.93
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.99
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
17.91
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.92
21.81
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
104.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
107.46
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.85
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.85
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
59.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.06
16.98
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.99
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
23.88
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
300
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
143.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
58.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.99
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.99
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA