Danny Darwin vs. Brad Thomas — Career Comparison

Danny Darwin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Thomas
Gen XAustraliaThrows LeftBats LeftOceaniaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Darwin built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Darwin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.301 compared to 5.8 and 1.769 for Brad Thomas. By the career numbers, Danny Darwin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Darwin and Brad Thomas

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
716
2.14
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
6.23
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.51
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.52
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.54
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.52
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.44
48.44
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.16
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.1
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1286
3.84
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.8
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9050
27
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3016.2
9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2951
8.8
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
10.99
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.99
10.99
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
0.96
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.04
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
874
2.61
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
4.59
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.3
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1942
5.79
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.89
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.934
0.934
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.16
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.24
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12716
37.94
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
41.8
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.51
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
4.27
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.97
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.37
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.33
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.95
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.58
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.731
1.731
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11526
34.39
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
35.22
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.8
41.8

Fielding Stats for Danny Darwin and Brad Thomas

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
716
2.14
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
6.23
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9050
27
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3016.2
9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.55
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
1.09
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.56
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.08
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
575
1.72
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.82
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
548
1.63
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.82
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.3
95.3
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.765
0.765
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Darwin and Brad Thomas

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
722
1297.01
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
72
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
600
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
547.9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
70.06
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
43.11
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.76
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.95
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.27
18.45
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
107.78
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
82.63
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.95
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
39.52
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
62.87
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
1.9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.8
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.78
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
171
307.19
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
1.95
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.93
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.8
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA