Fred Heimach vs. Henry Thielman — Career Comparison

Fred Heimach
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Henry Thielman
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Heimach built a career as a starting pitcher and Henry Thielman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Henry Thielman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.37 and WHIP 1.374 compared to 4.46 and 1.451 for Fred Heimach. By the career numbers, Henry Thielman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Heimach and Henry Thielman

Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.07
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.13
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.89
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.02
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.33
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.48
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.7
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.33
47.33
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.14
32.14
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.91
42.91
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.39
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.91
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
639
4.46
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
3.37
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3866
27
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
738
27
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1288.2
9
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
9
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1510
10.55
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
8.78
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.45
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
2.51
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
3.59
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
2.33
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.34
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.659
0.659
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.26
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.19
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.77
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5674
39.63
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1039
38.01
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.73
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
5.27
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
5.16
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.451
1.451
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5287
36.92
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
920
33.66
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.01
38.01

Fielding Stats for Fred Heimach and Henry Thielman

Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.16
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
981
27
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
9
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.74
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.87
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.94
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.61
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.09
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.79
88.79
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.262
2.262
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Heimach and Henry Thielman

Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
376.79
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
43
188.32
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
600
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
137
600
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
542
554.95
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
123
538.69
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
131.06
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
18
78.83
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
107.51
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
61.31
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.36
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.38
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.12
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.76
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.07
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.38
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.55
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.52
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.41
46.5
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
6.96
30.49
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
165.87
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
26
113.87
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
159.73
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
30
131.39
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
59.39
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
9
39.42
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
50.17
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.28
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
106.48
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
61.31
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.08
52.3
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
5.82
25.49
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
28.67
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
52.55
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
100.34
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
131.39
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
5.98
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
4.57
4.57
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16.38
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.76
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.02
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.05
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.38
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.05
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.38
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100