Bob Rush vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Bob Rush
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Rush 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. Bob Rush posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.305 compared to 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. By the career numbers, Bob Rush had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Rush and Dick Tomanek

Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
1.56
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
1.2
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.47
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
0.57
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.98
76.98
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.44
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
977
3.65
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7232
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2410.2
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.69
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.66
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
2.95
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.36
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.12
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1244
4.64
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.13
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10219
38.15
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
39.78
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.16
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1128
4.21
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9396
35.08
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
35.18
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.15
38.15
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Bob Rush and Dick Tomanek

Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
3.14
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.17
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3580
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1193.1
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.29
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
3.23
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.54
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.21
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
4.73
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2.03
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
4.52
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.95
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.53
95.53
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.437
1.437
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.17
37.17
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Rush and Dick Tomanek

Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
289.32
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
871
600
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
807
555.91
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
96.44
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
77.15
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
14.47
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.07
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.76
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
19.29
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36.26
24.98
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
38.22
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
123.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
117.8
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
34.44
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
33.75
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
65.44
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27.1
18.67
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
28.8
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
21.35
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
298
205.28
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
4.82
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
22.04
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA