Rankin Johnson Jr. vs. Harry Thompson — Career Comparison

Rankin Johnson Jr.
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Thompson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Rankin Johnson Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rankin Johnson Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.700 compared to 4.23 and 1.355 for Harry Thompson. By the career numbers, Rankin Johnson Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rankin Johnson Jr. and Harry Thompson

Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
2.44
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
4.23
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
27
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55.1
9
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
12.6
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
10.41
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.6
12.6
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.41
10.41
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.7
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.398
0.398
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
42.3
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
36.76
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.5
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.79
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.88
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
39.6
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
34.64
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76

Fielding Stats for Rankin Johnson Jr. and Harry Thompson

Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.421
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rankin Johnson Jr. and Harry Thompson

Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4200
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
320.93
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
530.23
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.589
0.589
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
111.63
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
42.37
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
153.49
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
45.29
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.5
21.5
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100