Tom Gorman vs. Curt Simmons — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Curt Simmons
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Curt Simmons 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. Curt Simmons posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.325 compared to 3.77 and 1.330 for Tom Gorman. By the career numbers, Curt Simmons had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Gorman and Curt Simmons

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
1.53
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.24
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.52
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
0.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.33
51.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.2
81.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1318
3.54
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10045
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3348.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3313
8.91
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
0.69
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
2.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1697
4.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.824
0.824
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.14
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14144
38.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.15
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1551
4.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.307
1.307
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13028
35.02
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.02
38.02

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Curt Simmons

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
2.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7152
27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2384
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
1.94
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
2.5
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
2.51
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.29
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
641
2.42
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.54
96.54
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.127
1.127
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.58
59.58
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Curt Simmons

Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
609
290.92
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
168
600
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1256
600
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1135
542.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
50
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
194
92.68
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
81.69
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
10.99
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.3
21.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
106.05
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
121.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
44.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
36.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
80.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.76
18.52
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.96
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
28.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
300
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
283
135.19
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
4.44
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
27.23
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
7.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.96
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67