Rudy Hernandez vs. Dean Thomas — Career Comparison

Rudy Hernandez
Silent GenerationD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dean Thomas
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dean Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy Hernandez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.12 and WHIP 1.580 compared to 5.49 and 1.542 for Dean Thomas. By the career numbers, Rudy Hernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Dean Thomas

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.77
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.37
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.07
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.76
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.12
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
5.49
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
9
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
8.66
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
9.76
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.95
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.12
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.36
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.03
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.145
1.145
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.017
1.017
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
40.19
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
40.73
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.68
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
5.98
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
6.71
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.68
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.512
1.512
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.542
1.542
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
35.04
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
35.39
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.19
40.19
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.73
40.73

Fielding Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Dean Thomas

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.77
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.37
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.07
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
9
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.44
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.29
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.06
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.44
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.85
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.44
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.778
1.778
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Dean Thomas

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
2657.14
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
285.71
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
514.29
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
12.83
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
3.14
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
9.79
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.73
-20.96
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA