Buzz Capra vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Buzz Capra
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Buzz Capra 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. Brad Thompson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 81), home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 85), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 89). Buzz Capra held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 60). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Brad Thompson.

Pitching Stats for Buzz Capra and Brad Thompson

Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
2.35
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.51
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.61
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.59
45.59
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.96
42.96
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.26
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
3.87
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1633
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544.1
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
7.92
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
9.84
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.99
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
4.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.69
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.53
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
5.99
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
4.22
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.139
1.139
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2338
38.66
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1757
39.01
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.46
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
4.23
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
4.88
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.56
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2023
33.45
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1580
35.08
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.66
38.66
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Buzz Capra and Brad Thompson

Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
2.35
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1632
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.51
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.17
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.18
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.75
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.93
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.69
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.91
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
96.23
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.718
0.718
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.96
42.96
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buzz Capra and Brad Thompson

Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
142
486.86
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
1715.49
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
483.43
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
56
473.24
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.51
15.45
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.14
18.12
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
123.43
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
101.41
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
30.86
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.14
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
48
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.41
15.11
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
19.36
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.29
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
137.14
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.38
4.38
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
54.86
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Buzz Capra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.43
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.43
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Buzz Capra
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100