Shovel Hodge vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Shovel Hodge
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Shovel Hodge 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 5.17 and 1.629 for Shovel Hodge. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Shovel Hodge and Tom Thomas

Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.24
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.42
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.45
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.28
48.28
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.67
26.67
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.24
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
5.17
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301.1
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
10.75
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
10.45
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.45
10.45
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
3.91
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
2
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.61
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.657
0.657
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1339
39.99
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
37.97
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.19
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
6.12
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.629
1.629
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1201
35.87
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.99
39.99
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Shovel Hodge and Tom Thomas

Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
27
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
9
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.47
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.94
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.69
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.57
78.57
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.48
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Shovel Hodge and Tom Thomas

Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
365.85
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
565.85
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
23
530.77
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
141.46
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
117.07
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
19.51
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.39
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.58
41.87
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.3
30.11
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
170.73
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
146.34
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
6
138.46
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
48.78
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
78.05
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.07
49.11
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
29.81
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.88
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
23
112.2
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
5.35
5.35
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Shovel Hodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shovel Hodge
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA