Tom Gorman vs. Gary Peters — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gary Peters
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Gary Peters 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. Gary Peters posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.275 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Gary Peters had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Gorman and Gary Peters

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
1.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.54
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.63
54.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.67
79.67
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
3.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6243
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2081
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
8.6
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1894
8.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
3.05
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1420
6.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.022
1.022
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.36
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
37.95
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8707
37.66
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.15
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
847
3.66
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7903
34.18
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.66
37.66

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Gary Peters

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
1.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6243
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2081
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
1.35
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
1.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
1.83
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.58
96.58
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.67
79.67
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Gary Peters

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
450
308.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
875
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
807
553.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
122.74
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
83.66
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
21.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.8
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
13.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
39.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.13
49.46
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
192.69
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
147.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.601
0.601
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
58.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
69.94
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
115.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70.14
48.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.8
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
19.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.06
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
300
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
172
117.94
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.09
5.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
17.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.8
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
17
11.66
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0