Tom Gorman vs. Bill Powell — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Powell
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Powell 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. Bill Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.35 and WHIP 1.362 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Bill Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Gorman and Bill Powell

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.96
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.35
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
3.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
6.8
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.8
6.8
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.97
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.73
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.362
1.362
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
35.23
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.97
38.97

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Bill Powell

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.39
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.29
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.923
1.923
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Bill Powell

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
14
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
36
514.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
128.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
63.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
157.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
214.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.672
0.672
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
185.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.36
76.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA