Orville Jorgens vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Orville Jorgens 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.46 and WHIP 1.419 compared to 4.7 and 1.620 for Orville Jorgens. By the career numbers, Brad Thompson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Orville Jorgens and Brad Thompson

Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
2.61
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.02
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.38
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.49
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
4.7
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
496.1
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
10.35
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
9.84
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.84
9.84
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.73
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
4.22
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.69
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
2.7
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
4.22
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.36
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2264
41.05
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1757
39.01
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.65
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
5.84
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.88
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.33
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2011
36.47
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1580
35.08
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.05
41.05
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Orville Jorgens and Brad Thompson

Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1216
27
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405.1
9
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.18
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.93
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.91
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.89
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.083
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.92
15.92
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Orville Jorgens and Brad Thompson

Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
144
505.26
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
1715.49
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
600
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
550.88
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
56
473.24
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
80.7
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
73.68
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.02
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.02
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.16
14.59
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.14
18.12
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
87.72
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
108.77
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
101.41
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
35.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.58
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
66.67
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
1.74
6.11
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
19.36
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
28.07
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
133.33
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Orville Jorgens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.05
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.53
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Orville Jorgens
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100