Eric Junge vs. Mike Thurman — Career Comparison

Eric Junge
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Thurman
Gen XOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thurman 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 5.05 and 1.509 for Mike Thurman. 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 Mike Thurman

Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.91
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.59
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.47
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
5.05
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
8.41
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
9.79
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.08
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
3.46
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.33
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.08
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
5.4
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.985
0.985
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.31
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.38
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
37.18
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2187
39.87
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
5.67
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.46
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.4
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.73
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.473
1.473
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
33.64
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1929
35.17
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.18
37.18
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.87
39.87

Fielding Stats for Eric Junge and Mike Thurman

Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.91
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.59
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.42
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.11
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.77
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.62
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.77
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.53
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.38
94.38
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Junge and Mike Thurman

Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
406.45
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
600
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
507.1
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.48
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.48
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
1.56
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.48
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
46.45
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.23
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.23
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-8.34
-32.29
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
27.1
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
93
360
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
61.94
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA