Bob James vs. Guy Morton — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Guy Morton
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Guy Morton built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Guy Morton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.290 compared to 3.8 and 1.371 for Bob James. By the career numbers, Guy Morton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Guy Morton

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.75
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.54
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.49
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.36
58.36
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
3.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4889
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1629.2
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1520
8.39
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
3.22
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
830
4.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6750
37.28
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
4.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6145
33.94
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Guy Morton

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
27
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
9
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.04
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.23
85.23
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89.98
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.416
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Guy Morton

Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
317
327.93
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
580
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
548
566.9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
88.97
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
74.48
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.38
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.1
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.48
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.16
17.75
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
106.55
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
99.31
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24.83
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
34.14
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
58.97
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.34
9.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10.34
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
126.21
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.75
4.75
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.76
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.07
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.07
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0