Billy Hart vs. Claude Thomas — Career Comparison

Billy Hart
Pre-GenerationalMissouriNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Claude Thomas
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Billy Hart as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Billy Hart posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.67 and WHIP 1.262 compared to 4.13 and 1.376 for Claude Thomas. By the career numbers, Billy Hart had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Billy Hart and Claude Thomas

Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.16
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.22
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.07
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.27
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.54
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.89
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.67
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.13
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.1
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
8.4
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
8.58
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.4
8.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.95
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.81
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
4.25
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.671
0.671
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.54
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.72
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
38.71
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
36.85
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
4.96
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.45
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.377
1.377
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
35.05
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
32.4
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.85
36.85

Fielding Stats for Billy Hart and Claude Thomas

Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.19
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
615
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.35
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.05
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.49
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.185
1.185
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.286
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Hart and Claude Thomas

Billy Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
182.02
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
600
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
525.84
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
101.12
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
87.64
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.48
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.62
44.61
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
128.09
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
175.28
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Billy Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
47.19
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
53.93
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
94.38
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.35
49.55
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-23.83
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.48
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
60.67
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Billy Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Billy Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA