Tom Gorman vs. Guy Smith — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Guy Smith
UnknownIndianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Guy 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 6.43 and 1.786 for Guy 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 Guy Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
46.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.786
1.786
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
38.57
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.93
46.93

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Guy Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.56
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.04
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.1
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.64
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.08
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.5
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.15
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.08
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Guy Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
158.58
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
166.93
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.29
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA