Jim Colborn vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Jim Colborn
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Colborn 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 home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 80), walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 112), and run prevention (ERA+ 105 vs 93). Jim Colborn held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 75 vs 60). Role difference aside, Brad Thompson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Colborn and Brad Thompson

Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
1.7
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.15
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.47
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.54
48.54
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.77
67.77
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.34
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
3.8
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4792
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1597.1
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1619
9.12
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
9.84
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.86
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
2.68
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
2.69
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.23
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
3.88
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
4.22
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.767
0.767
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.2
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.23
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6744
38
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1757
39.01
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.18
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
4.23
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
4.88
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.24
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.68
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6122
34.49
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1580
35.08
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Jim Colborn and Brad Thompson

Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
1.7
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.15
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4793
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1597.2
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.64
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
1.54
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.18
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
2.28
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.93
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.19
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.91
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.8
95.8
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.77
67.77
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Colborn and Brad Thompson

Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
3020
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
203
1715.49
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
60
600
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
550
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
473.24
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
7.08
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.14
18.12
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
6
60
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
6
60
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
101.41
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Jim Colborn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.88
-18.82
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
19.36
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
30
300
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
228.17
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
2.63
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jim Colborn
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100