Dave Tomlin vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Dave Tomlin
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Tomlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dazzy Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 3.82 and 1.563 for Dave Tomlin. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Tomlin and Dazzy Vance

Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
7.2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.44
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.57
67.57
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.46
58.46
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.66
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
3.82
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1534
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
511.1
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
543
9.56
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.56
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.4
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
3.49
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.02
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
4.89
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.931
0.931
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.23
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2239
39.41
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.43
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
4.59
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.88
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.35
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1959
34.48
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11452
34.74
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.41
39.41
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Dave Tomlin and Dazzy Vance

Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
7.2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511.1
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.69
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.09
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.97
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.78
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.49
93.49
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.386
0.386
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Tomlin and Dazzy Vance

Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
409
5842.86
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
442
238.49
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
34
485.71
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
971
523.92
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
71.43
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
78.78
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
62.05
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
20.83
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.63
25.7
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
71.43
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
103.6
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
125.18
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
36.69
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
100
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
73.38
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.71
24.37
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.96
20.48
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
42.63
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
4.2
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
29.68
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Dave Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100