Eric Junge vs. Gus Thompson — Career Comparison

Eric Junge
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gus Thompson
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gus Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Junge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Junge posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.21 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 4.07 and 1.397 for Gus Thompson. By the career numbers, Eric Junge had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Junge and Gus Thompson

Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.36
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.99
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.68
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
4.07
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
8.41
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
10.05
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2.66
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.53
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.08
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
3.58
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.678
0.678
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
37.18
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
37.79
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
5.61
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.397
1.397
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
33.64
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
34.89
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.18
37.18
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.79
37.79

Fielding Stats for Eric Junge and Gus Thompson

Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.36
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.74
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.71
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.77
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.14
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.77
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.9
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.16
92.16
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.136
2.136
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Junge and Gus Thompson

Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
253.85
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
576.92
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
25.48
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.53
29.19
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.08
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA