Fred Cambria vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Fred Cambria
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Cambria built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Thompson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Cambria posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.51 and WHIP 1.470 compared to 4.46 and 1.419 for Brad Thompson. By the career numbers, Fred Cambria had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Cambria and Brad Thompson

Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.62
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.51
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
9.99
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
9.84
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.84
9.84
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.24
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.69
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.78
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
4.22
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
40.5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1757
39.01
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.05
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
4.88
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.33
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
36.72
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1580
35.08
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Fred Cambria and Brad Thompson

Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.64
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.36
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.18
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.91
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.93
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.91
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.91
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.85
98.85
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Cambria and Brad Thompson

Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
1715.49
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
10
428.57
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
473.24
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.519
0.519
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
16.99
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.14
18.12
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
101.41
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
32.95
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.29
19.36
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100