Jim Devlin vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville GraysNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Devlin 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. Jim Devlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.9 and WHIP 1.087 compared to 3.82 and 1.455 for Roy Thomas. By the career numbers, Jim Devlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Devlin and Roy Thomas

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
1.01
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.98
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.46
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.49
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.65
48.65
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.45
97.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.97
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
3.82
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4215
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1405
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1437
9.2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
1.83
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.31
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5901
37.8
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1799
38.61
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
776
4.97
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5811
37.22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Jim Devlin and Roy Thomas

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.05
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7053
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2351
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
3.73
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
1.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.48
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1406
5.38
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
4.9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.11
91.11
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.675
4.675
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.33
15.33
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Devlin and Roy Thomas

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
266
132.78
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1202
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1186
592.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
169.72
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
139.27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
22.96
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.99
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
30.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118.16
58.98
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
208.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
177.7
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.648
0.648
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
89.85
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
65.39
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
154.74
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140.04
69.9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
7.99
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
27.45
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.85
21.85
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.5
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.99
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.99
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA