Matt Garza vs. Tom Thobe — Career Comparison

Matt Garza
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thobe
Gen XKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Matt Garza built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Thobe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Garza posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.338 compared to 4.82 and 1.286 for Tom Thobe. By the career numbers, Matt Garza had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Garza and Tom Thobe

Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.53
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.75
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.49
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.49
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.56
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.96
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.73
46.73
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
4.09
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
4.82
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5132
27
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
27
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1710.2
9
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
8.84
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
11.57
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.04
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.96
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
581
3.06
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.14
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1380
7.26
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.89
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.26
7.26
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.28
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7313
38.47
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
39.54
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.86
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
876
4.61
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.79
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.31
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.26
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.96
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
0.77
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.96
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.322
1.322
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6575
34.59
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
38.57
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.47
38.47
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Matt Garza and Tom Thobe

Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.53
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.75
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.49
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5132
27
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
27
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1710.2
9
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.51
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.68
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.14
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.93
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
1.33
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.93
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.18
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.29
89.29
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.776
0.776
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Garza and Tom Thobe

Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
554.14
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4200
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
314
600
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
523.57
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
42.04
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
36.31
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.73
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.73
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
4.7
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
47.77
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
59.24
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.38
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.64
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
21.02
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-10.87
-20.77
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.73
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
11.46
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
155
296.18
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.03
2.03
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
59.24
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.82
Tom Thobe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.91
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.91
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thobe
Career
Per 600 PA