Ken Holcombe vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Ken Holcombe
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Holcombe 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 3.98 and 1.459 for Ken Holcombe. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Holcombe and Tom Thomas

Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.38
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.15
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.43
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.77
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.48
48.48
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.98
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1125
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
375
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
9.05
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.6
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
4.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.83
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.768
0.768
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1630
39.12
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
37.97
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.77
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
4.7
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1457
34.97
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Ken Holcombe and Tom Thomas

Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
27
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
9
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.47
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.94
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.79
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.57
78.57
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Holcombe and Tom Thomas

Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
482.93
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
517.07
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
530.77
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
92.68
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
82.93
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.76
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.76
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.73
18.18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
102.44
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
107.32
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.15
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.63
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
48.78
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.18
15.51
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.63
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
36
175.61
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.42
3.42
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
68.29
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.76
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA