Nate Karns vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Nate Karns
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nate Karns built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nate Karns posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.3 and WHIP 1.358 compared to 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. By the career numbers, Nate Karns had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nate Karns and Dick Tomanek

Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.91
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.59
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.46
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.34
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.58
83.58
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
4.3
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
948
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
8.52
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.34
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.32
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.62
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.36
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
9.28
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
6.47
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.434
1.434
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.204
1.204
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.66
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
38.76
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
39.78
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
4.44
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.48
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1210
34.46
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
35.18
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.76
38.76
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Nate Karns and Dick Tomanek

Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.91
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.59
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
948
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.46
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.83
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.54
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.4
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.03
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.28
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.95
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.84
91.84
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.672
0.672
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.58
83.58
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nate Karns and Dick Tomanek

Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
3654.55
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
1222.64
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
8
436.36
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.38
38.22
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
169.81
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
13.4
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
28.8
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
4.82
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA