Danny Boone vs. Thomas Saxon — Career Comparison

Danny Boone
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thomas Saxon
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Thomas Saxon built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Boone as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Boone posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 4.05 and 1.200 for Thomas Saxon. By the career numbers, Danny Boone had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Boone and Thomas Saxon

Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.7
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.36
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.05
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
9.12
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.08
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.12
9.12
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.08
6.08
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.53
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.74
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.73
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.71
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
5.05
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.38
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
37.27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
39.83
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.42
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.72
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.73
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.89
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.318
1.318
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
33.73
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
33.75
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.27
37.27
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83

Fielding Stats for Danny Boone and Thomas Saxon

Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.7
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.62
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.04
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.83
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.66
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.492
0.492
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Boone and Thomas Saxon

Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
3327.27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.727
0.727
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
61.18
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
29.73
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
3
163.64
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.571
0.571
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
70.39
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
68.03
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA