Bunny Hearn vs. Rich Thompson — Career Comparison

Bunny Hearn
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh RebelsFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rich Thompson
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bunny Hearn built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich Thompson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bunny Hearn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.324 compared to 5.05 and 1.667 for Rich Thompson. By the career numbers, Bunny Hearn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bunny Hearn and Rich Thompson

Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.49
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
6.08
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.9
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.54
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.79
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.14
35.14
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.08
23.08
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.54
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.56
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.05
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
9.66
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
9.71
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.66
9.66
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.71
9.71
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.79
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.25
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
4.66
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.5
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.55
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.912
0.912
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1630
36.71
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
40.42
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.52
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.68
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
4.12
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.84
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.55
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.82
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.597
1.597
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1526
34.36
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
430
33.95
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.42
40.42

Fielding Stats for Bunny Hearn and Rich Thompson

Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
15.23
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
6.08
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.15
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.46
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
27
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.87
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
31.15
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.26
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
30.46
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.03
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.78
97.78
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.25
81.25
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.169
0.169
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.58
7.58
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bunny Hearn and Rich Thompson

Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
66
282.86
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
15400
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
600
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
570
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.469
0.469
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
102.86
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
81.43
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
21.43
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.98
29.92
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
132.86
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
120
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
42.86
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.84
25.04
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
21.85
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.86
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
158.57
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.78
3.78
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA