Tommy Moore vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Tommy Moore
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Cy Young built a career as a starting pitcher and Tommy Moore as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.130 compared to 5.4 and 1.766 for Tommy Moore. By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Moore and Cy Young

Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.28
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
1
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
0.39
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.02
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.4
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
10.19
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7092
8.68
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.19
10.19
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.99
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.71
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.08
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2803
3.43
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.71
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.19
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
41.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.73
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
6.32
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.32
6.32
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.92
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.687
1.687
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
35.56
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28201
34.5
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Tommy Moore and Cy Young

Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.3
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.29
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.92
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.23
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.18
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.87
93.87
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.47
25.47
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.05
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Moore and Cy Young

Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
5400
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2960
572.72
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
623
120.54
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
483
93.45
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
27.09
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
88.74
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204.03
39.48
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
834
161.37
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
714
138.15
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
62.88
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
597
115.51
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.92
110.35
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212.45
41.11
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
1.93
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
15.67
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
9.67
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Tommy Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100