Sammy Curran vs. Claude Thomas — Career Comparison

Sammy Curran
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Thomas
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Sammy Curran as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sammy Curran posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.35 and WHIP 0.900 compared to 4.13 and 1.376 for Claude Thomas. By the career numbers, Sammy Curran had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sammy Curran and Claude Thomas

Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.22
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.27
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
4.13
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
8.58
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.81
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.05
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.671
0.671
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
36.85
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.45
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.377
1.377
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
33.75
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
32.4
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.85
36.85

Fielding Stats for Sammy Curran and Claude Thomas

Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.286
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Sammy Curran and Claude Thomas

Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
5.34
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-23.83
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
1.43
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA