Peanuts Davis vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Peanuts Davis
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati ClownsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Peanuts Davis built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.82 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 4.14 and 1.316 for Peanuts Davis. By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Peanuts Davis and Roy Thomas

Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.18
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.95
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.59
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.83
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.71
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.71
9.71
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.13
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
3.91
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.671
0.671
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
38.13
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1799
38.61
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.5
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.59
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
35.53
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.13
38.13
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Peanuts Davis and Roy Thomas

Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.96
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.1
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.03
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.42
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.727
2.727
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Peanuts Davis and Roy Thomas

Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
12
194.59
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
33
535.14
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
64.86
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
13.3
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
64.86
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
113.51
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
7.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.5
18.5
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Peanuts Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Peanuts Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA