Harry Coveleski vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Harry Coveleski
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Coveleski 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. Harry Coveleski posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.39 and WHIP 1.159 compared to 4.46 and 1.419 for Brad Thompson. By the career numbers, Harry Coveleski had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Coveleski and Brad Thompson

Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.43
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.58
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.4
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.56
59.56
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.6
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
2.39
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3744
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1248
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1070
7.72
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
9.84
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
2.71
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.69
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
3.69
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
4.22
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.767
0.767
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.41
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4994
36.01
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1757
39.01
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.22
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
4.88
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.33
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4561
32.89
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1580
35.08
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.01
36.01
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Harry Coveleski and Brad Thompson

Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
7.92
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.04
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.84
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
18.44
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.18
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.12
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
21.4
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.93
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
20.28
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.91
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.77
94.77
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.561
2.561
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.13
13.13
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.92
15.92
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Coveleski and Brad Thompson

Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
198
260.53
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
1715.49
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
600
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
418
550
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
56
473.24
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
103.95
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
88.16
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.53
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.26
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.79
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.3
26.71
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
18.12
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
125
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
125
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
101.41
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
39.47
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.84
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
76.32
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.6
25.79
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
19.36
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.32
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
19.74
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
134
176.32
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
28.95
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.95
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.95
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100