Ken Chase vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Ken Chase
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Chase 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. Ken Chase posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.27 and WHIP 1.615 compared to 4.46 and 1.419 for Brad Thompson. By the career numbers, Ken Chase had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Chase and Brad Thompson

Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
1.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.24
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.41
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.65
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.11
85.11
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.48
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
4.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3495
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1165
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1188
9.18
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
9.84
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.42
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
694
5.36
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.69
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
4.5
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
4.22
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.41
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.31
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.12
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5283
40.81
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1757
39.01
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.14
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
647
5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.88
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.33
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.616
1.616
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4574
35.34
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1580
35.08
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.81
40.81
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Ken Chase and Brad Thompson

Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1216
27
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405.1
9
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.18
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.93
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.91
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.39
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.356
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.92
15.92
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Chase
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Chase and Brad Thompson

Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
190
253.9
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
1715.49
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
449
600
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
419
559.91
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
56
473.24
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
92.2
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
76.17
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.03
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.67
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.34
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.04
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.3
20.45
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
18.12
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
113.59
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
109.58
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
101.41
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
37.42
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
36.08
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
72.16
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.9
13.23
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
19.36
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.34
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
16.04
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
129.62
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.63
4.63
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ken Chase
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
22.72
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.35
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Ken Chase
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100