Cam Booser vs. Gene Thompson — Career Comparison

Cam Booser
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gene Thompson
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gene Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Cam Booser as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gene Thompson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 4.28 and 1.439 for Cam Booser. By the career numbers, Gene Thompson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cam Booser and Gene Thompson

Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
10.02
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
2.42
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.89
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.86
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.46
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.32
57.32
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.76
36.76
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.35
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.28
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
3.26
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
27
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2060
27
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.2
9
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686.2
9
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
8.43
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
7.89
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.59
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.46
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.28
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
4.3
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
9.53
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
4.13
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.936
0.936
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
39.83
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2936
38.48
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.08
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.87
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.76
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
4
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.412
1.412
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
34.7
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2597
34.04
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Cam Booser and Gene Thompson

Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
10.02
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
27
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.2
9
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.49
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.1
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.86
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.98
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.085
0.085
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.097
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cam Booser and Gene Thompson

Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
82
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
491.15
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
226
600
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
200
530.97
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
119.47
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
23.89
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.23
35.14
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
146.02
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
135.4
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.51
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
82.3
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.76
39.18
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.93
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
52
138.05
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
4.35
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.1
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA