Tom Gorman vs. Chris Short — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chris Short
Silent GenerationDelawareThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Chris Short 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. Chris Short posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.331 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Chris Short had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Gorman and Chris Short

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
1.94
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.52
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.51
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.56
50.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.48
61.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
3.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6975
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2325
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
8.6
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2215
8.57
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
806
3.12
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.25
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1629
6.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.28
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.24
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
37.95
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9801
37.94
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
3.84
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
34.45
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Chris Short

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
1.94
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6975
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2325
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
0.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
1.39
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
1.89
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
1.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.52
96.52
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.938
0.938
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.55
61.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Chris Short

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
506
391.74
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
775
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
697
539.61
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
68.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
62.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
3.87
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.55
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
5.42
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.14
9.4
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
75.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
82.14
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
81.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
22.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
18.58
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
41.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-6.74
-5.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.32
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
10.84
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
300
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
198
153.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.91
3.91
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
44.13
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.77
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.77
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100