Norman Cross vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Norman Cross
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Norman Cross 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. Norman Cross posted a career ERA of 4.46 against Brad Thompson's 4.46, with WHIP of 1.537 and 1.419 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norman Cross and Brad Thompson

Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.12
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.46
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
12.05
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
9.84
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.05
12.05
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.84
9.84
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.79
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
2.69
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.68
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
4.22
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.496
0.496
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.767
0.767
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.31
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
41.5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1757
39.01
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.02
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.88
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.34
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
37.93
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1580
35.08
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.5
41.5
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Norman Cross and Brad Thompson

Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.12
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.01
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.18
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.68
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.93
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.23
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.91
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norman Cross and Brad Thompson

Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
1715.49
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
473.24
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.14
18.12
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
101.41
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.5
-60
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
19.36
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
2.63
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100