Rick Aguilera vs. Claude Thomas — Career Comparison

Rick Aguilera
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Claude Thomas
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Aguilera as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Aguilera posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 4.13 and 1.376 for Claude Thomas. By the career numbers, Rick Aguilera had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Aguilera and Claude Thomas

Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
5.1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.27
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.6
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.56
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.5
51.5
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.16
12.16
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
2.22
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
3.57
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.13
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3874
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291.1
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1233
8.59
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
8.58
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.96
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
2.45
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.81
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.29
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
7.18
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.069
1.069
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.671
0.671
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.37
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.25
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5391
37.57
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
36.85
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
3.88
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
3.96
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.45
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.66
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.377
1.377
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4919
34.28
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
32.4
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.85
36.85

Fielding Stats for Rick Aguilera and Claude Thomas

Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
5.1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3874
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1291.1
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.69
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.23
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.96
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.92
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.22
98.22
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.377
0.377
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.286
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.16
12.16
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Aguilera and Claude Thomas

Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
737
2746.58
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
600
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
518.01
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
104.35
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.99
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.18
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.18
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.36
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.04
37.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
149.07
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
126.71
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
44.72
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
40.99
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.53
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.92
36.97
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-23.83
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.36
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
137.89
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
420
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
4.35
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
1.43
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.63
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.73
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA