Tom Means vs. Frank Tanana — Career Comparison

Tom Means
UnknownThrows RightBats RightChicago Columbia GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Frank Tanana
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Tom Means and Frank Tanana are fairly close on the surface numbers. Tom Means posted stronger numbers in WHIP (0.900 vs 1.297) and home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.96). Frank Tanana had the advantage in ERA (3.66 vs 4.05). By the career numbers, Tom Means had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Tom Means and Frank Tanana

Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
1.37
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.32
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
0.52
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
0.51
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.42
50.42
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.31
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.07
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
3.66
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.191
0.191
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.4
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4063
8.73
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
448
0.96
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1255
2.7
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.25
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2773
5.96
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.26
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.28
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.06
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17641
37.91
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.4
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1910
4.1
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.35
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.25
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
0.66
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
28.35
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15975
34.33
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.91
37.91

Fielding Stats for Tom Means and Frank Tanana

Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.15
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
1.37
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.32
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.2
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.72
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
0.49
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
1.37
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.04
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.72
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
883
1.9
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.72
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
1.86
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.85
97.85
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.09
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Means and Frank Tanana

Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
639
5990.63
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
600
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
553.13
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
84.38
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
65.63
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.06
19.34
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
103.13
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
46.88
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
75
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
34.87
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.2
11.29
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
18.75
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
12
112.5
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0