Jason Jennings vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Jason Jennings
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the Year
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jason Jennings built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Thompson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Thompson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 82), run prevention (ERA+ 105 vs 93), and home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 114). Jason Jennings held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 89 vs 60). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Brad Thompson.

Pitching Stats for Jason Jennings and Brad Thompson

Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.79
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.44
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.49
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.59
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.59
45.59
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
621
4.95
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3385
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1128.1
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1253
9.99
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
9.84
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.84
9.84
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.09
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
505
4.03
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.69
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.33
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
5.97
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
4.22
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.41
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.31
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5032
40.14
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1757
39.01
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
5.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.88
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.44
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.96
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.558
1.558
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4404
35.13
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1580
35.08
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.14
40.14
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Jason Jennings and Brad Thompson

Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.79
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.44
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3385
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1128.1
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.67
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.12
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.18
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.87
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.93
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.79
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.91
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.15
96.15
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Jennings and Brad Thompson

Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
371.43
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
203
1715.49
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
600
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
522.22
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
56
473.24
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.519
0.519
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
107.94
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
82.54
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
22.22
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
25.4
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.11
36.69
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
18.12
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
139.68
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
139.68
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
101.41
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
28.57
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
41.27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
66.67
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.22
38.44
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
19.36
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.59
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
30.16
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
126.98
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
44.44
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Jason Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.59
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.59
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jason Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100