Bill Anderson vs. Brad Thomas — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Brad Thomas
Gen XAustraliaThrows LeftBats LeftOceaniaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.07 and WHIP 1.522 compared to 5.8 and 1.769 for Brad Thomas. By the career numbers, Bill Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Brad Thomas

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
6.23
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
5.07
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.8
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
10.35
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
10.99
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.35
10.35
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.99
10.99
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.04
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
4.59
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.89
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1449
40.33
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
41.8
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.97
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.52
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.95
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.64
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.522
1.522
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.731
1.731
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
35.22
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.33
40.33
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.8
41.8

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Brad Thomas

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
6.23
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.82
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.82
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Brad Thomas

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
273.91
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
600
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
78.26
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA