Dick Donovan vs. Brad Thomas — Career Comparison

Dick Donovan
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Brad Thomas
Gen XAustraliaThrows LeftBats LeftOceaniaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Donovan 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. Dick Donovan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.67 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 5.8 and 1.769 for Brad Thomas. By the career numbers, Dick Donovan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Donovan and Brad Thomas

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.54
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
6.23
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.22
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.44
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
55.2
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.13
79.13
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.45
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
3.67
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.8
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6052
27
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2017.1
9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.87
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
10.99
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.99
10.99
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.88
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.04
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
2.21
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
4.59
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.22
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
3.93
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.89
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.2
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8407
37.51
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
41.8
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
909
4.06
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.97
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.95
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.731
1.731
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7867
35.1
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
35.22
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.8
41.8

Fielding Stats for Dick Donovan and Brad Thomas

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.58
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
6.23
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.22
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5883
27
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1961
9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.66
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
1.54
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.56
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.09
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.29
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.82
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
2.2
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.82
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.1
77.1
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Donovan and Brad Thomas

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
277.9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
72
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
801
600
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
519.85
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
84.64
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
62.92
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
10.49
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.24
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
21.72
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.06
37.5
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
128.84
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
150.56
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
50.19
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
47.94
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
86.89
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.31
32.44
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.49
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
58.43
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
292
218.73
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
2.74
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
13.48
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.74
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA