Tom Hume vs. Jake Thompson — Career Comparison

Tom Hume
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jake Thompson
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Hume as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Hume posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.452 compared to 4.87 and 1.556 for Jake Thompson. By the career numbers, Tom Hume had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Hume and Jake Thompson

Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
543
4.5
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.32
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.46
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.39
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.47
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.54
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.59
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.62
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.53
44.53
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.76
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
3.85
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.87
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3258
27
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1086
9
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106
9.17
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
9.05
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.73
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.55
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
3.18
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.72
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.72
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
536
4.44
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
6.27
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.27
6.27
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.847
0.847
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.22
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.2
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4645
38.49
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
40.46
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.21
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
4.32
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.49
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.52
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.36
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.8
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.39
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4131
34.23
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
34.19
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.46
40.46

Fielding Stats for Tom Hume and Jake Thompson

Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
543
4.5
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.32
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.46
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.39
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3258
27
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1086
9
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.5
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.62
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.17
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.55
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
2.11
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.55
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.33
97.33
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Hume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Hume and Jake Thompson

Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
544
1584.47
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
31
563.64
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
600
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
535.92
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.08
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
49.51
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.65
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.91
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.56
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.21
12.26
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.93
16.93
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
84.47
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
75.73
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
23.3
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
37.86
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.25
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.07
-6.04
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
3.25
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.65
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
206.8
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
218.18
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
2.9
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Tom Hume
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.43
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.74
Jake Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Hume
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA