Fred Bradley vs. Herb Thomas — Career Comparison

Fred Bradley
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Herb Thomas
Greatest GenerationThrows LeftNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher

Herb Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Bradley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Bradley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.6 and WHIP 1.245 compared to 8.08 and 1.980 for Herb Thomas. By the career numbers, Fred Bradley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Bradley and Herb Thomas

Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.58
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.21
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.55
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.6
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
8.08
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
7.64
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
13.5
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
4.32
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.66
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.509
0.509
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.775
0.775
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
39.74
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
45.37
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.04
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
7.64
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
9.3
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.22
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
35.66
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
39.61
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.74
39.74
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.37
45.37

Fielding Stats for Fred Bradley and Herb Thomas

Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.35
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.49
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
27
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.1
9
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.64
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.67
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.52
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.31
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.409
1.409
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Bradley and Herb Thomas

Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
2700
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
347.37
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
536.84
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
110.53
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
28.34
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
126.32
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
126.32
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
142.11
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
32.28
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA