Tom Gorman vs. Bob Smith — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Smith
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Smith 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. Tom Gorman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 4.75 and 1.645 for Bob Smith. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Gorman and Bob Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.79
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
4.75
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.2
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
9.03
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
5.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.25
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
5.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.65
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
40.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.65
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
5.31
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.614
1.614
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
35.01
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Bob Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.77
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.92
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.37
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.85
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.31
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Bob Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
30
642.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
25
535.71
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
50
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
7
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.79
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.14
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
85.71
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.66
-14.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
300
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
385.71
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
1.56
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA