Dory Dean vs. Thomas Saxon — Career Comparison

Dory Dean
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thomas Saxon
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Thomas Saxon built a career as a starting pitcher and Dory Dean as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dory Dean posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.603 compared to 4.05 and 1.200 for Thomas Saxon. By the career numbers, Dory Dean had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dory Dean and Thomas Saxon

Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.03
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.03
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.89
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.89
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.73
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.05
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262.2
9
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
13.6
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.08
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.6
13.6
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.08
6.08
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.82
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.73
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.75
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.38
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.58
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1257
43.07
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
39.83
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
9.18
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.603
1.603
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1233
42.25
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
33.75
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.07
43.07
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.83
39.83

Fielding Stats for Dory Dean and Thomas Saxon

Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.15
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
9
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.81
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.18
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.47
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.46
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.99
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.01
81.01
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dory Dean and Thomas Saxon

Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
145.71
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
600
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
591.43
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.571
0.571
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
154.29
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
137.14
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.63
45.54
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
29.73
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
175.71
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
162.86
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.57
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
55.71
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.96
55.54
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
68.03
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.57
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
13
55.71
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
10.77
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA