Harry Ables vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.82 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 4.04 and 1.528 for Harry Ables. By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Roy Thomas

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.04
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9.97
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.79
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
5.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.995
0.995
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.34
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
40
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1799
38.61
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
36.08
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Roy Thomas

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.92
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Roy Thomas

Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
12.25
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-60.42
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.36
-5.98
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
266.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA