Tom Gorman vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan 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. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Gorman and Doc Scanlan

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.47
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
8.6
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
4.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.26
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
37.95
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Doc Scanlan

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.602
1.602
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Doc Scanlan

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
181
232.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
534.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
100.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.71
33.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
119.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
145.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
59.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.97
34.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
104.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100