Tom Gorman vs. Ollie Smith — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ollie Smith
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati-Indianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ollie 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 9.64 and 2.786 for Ollie 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 Ollie Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
3.77
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9.64
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
19.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.29
19.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.01
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
3.12
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
4.19
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.26
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
52.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.72
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
13.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.786
2.786
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
46.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.07
52.07

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Ollie Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.5
91.5
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.484
0.484
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Ollie Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
93.62
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
112.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA