Dick Hall vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Dick Hall
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Hall built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 3.32 and 1.157 for Dick Hall. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hall and Tom Thomas

Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
3.54
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.53
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.66
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.54
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.95
14.95
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.49
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
3.32
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3779
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1259.2
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1152
8.23
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.93
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.69
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.5
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
5.29
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.29
5.29
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.776
0.776
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5085
36.33
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
37.97
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.69
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.22
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
3.66
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4818
34.42
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.33
36.33
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Dick Hall and Tom Thomas

Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
2.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.71
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6161
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2053.2
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
1.65
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
0.92
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
2.66
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.47
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
2.57
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.94
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.86
96.86
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.936
0.936
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.68
25.68
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hall and Tom Thomas

Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
669
489.51
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
820
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
714
522.44
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
530.77
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
109.76
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
92.93
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
10.98
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.93
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.93
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
16.83
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48.83
35.73
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.3
30.11
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
135.37
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
155.85
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
6
138.46
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
57.8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
40.98
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
95.85
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
38.78
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
29.81
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.46
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
44.63
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
147
107.56
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
5.58
5.58
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
24.88
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.59
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
23
16.83
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.39
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.46
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.85
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA