Tom Gorman vs. Mike Soroka — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Soroka
Gen ZCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mike Soroka 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 3.85 and 1.227 for Mike Soroka. 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 Mike Soroka

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.49
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.48
43.48
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.82
75.82
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
3.85
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1247
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
415.2
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
659
8.6
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
7.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.01
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.06
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
8.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.65
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2907
37.95
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1742
37.72
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
4.33
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.29
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
34.57
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1557
33.71
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Mike Soroka

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.97
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.49
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1247
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
415.2
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.93
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.47
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.43
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.725
0.725
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.82
75.82
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Mike Soroka

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
91
769.01
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
60
507.04
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
50
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
42.86
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.14
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
7
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
4.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.14
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
82.14
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
9
76.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.43
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
32.14
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.66
-14.03
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
194.37
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
3.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
59.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA