Neil Allen vs. Jake Thompson — Career Comparison

Neil Allen
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Thompson
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Neil Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Neil Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.88 and WHIP 1.487 compared to 4.87 and 1.556 for Jake Thompson. By the career numbers, Neil Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Neil Allen and Jake Thompson

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.95
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.32
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.54
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.39
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.53
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.54
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.64
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.31
45.31
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.59
13.59
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.68
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.88
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.87
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2965
27
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.1
9
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
985
8.97
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
9.05
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.97
8.97
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.66
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.55
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.8
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.72
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.62
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
611
5.56
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
6.27
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.27
6.27
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.36
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4248
38.68
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
40.46
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.02
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
4.23
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.49
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.34
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.78
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.39
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.419
1.419
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3731
33.98
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
34.19
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.68
38.68
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.46
40.46

Fielding Stats for Neil Allen and Jake Thompson

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.95
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.32
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.54
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.39
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2965
27
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.1
9
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.68
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.09
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.81
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.55
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.78
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.55
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.99
97.99
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.449
0.449
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.59
13.59
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Neil Allen and Jake Thompson

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
434
2018.6
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
31
563.64
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
600
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
534.88
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
69.77
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.16
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.3
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.3
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.6
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.34
15.53
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.93
16.93
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
97.67
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.72
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.95
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.56
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.51
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
3.88
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
3.25
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.95
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
51
237.21
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
51.16
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA