Scott Kazmir vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Scott Kazmir
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Scott Kazmir built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 4.02 and 1.361 for Scott Kazmir. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Kazmir and Tom Thomas

Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
1.6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.59
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.57
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.51
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.68
52.68
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.34
99.34
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
4.02
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1701
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1611
8.52
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
1.02
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
687
3.63
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1618
8.56
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.39
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.36
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7308
38.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
37.97
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.39
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.18
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.23
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.68
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.351
1.351
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6476
34.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Scott Kazmir and Tom Thomas

Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
1.6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.59
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1701
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.32
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.84
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.13
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
1.3
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.47
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.16
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.94
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.8
89.8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.34
99.34
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Kazmir and Tom Thomas

Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
304
2251.85
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
533.33
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
23
530.77
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
59.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
59.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.65
4.84
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
59.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
66.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.63
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
29.63
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
59.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.23
-16.55
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.41
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
36
266.67
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Scott Kazmir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.81
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Kazmir
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA