Dick Kelley vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Dick Kelley
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Kelley 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 3.39 and 1.335 for Dick Kelley. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Kelley and Tom Thomas

Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.52
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.45
32.45
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
3.39
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1559
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519.2
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
7.85
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.68
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
3.72
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.45
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
6.39
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2191
37.95
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
37.97
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.81
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.9
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.285
1.285
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1957
33.89
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Dick Kelley and Tom Thomas

Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.25
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1561
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
520.1
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.57
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
2.11
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.47
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.04
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.94
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
0.628
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.45
32.45
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Kelley and Tom Thomas

Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
846.27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
559.7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
23
530.77
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
53.73
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
44.78
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.96
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.96
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
7.38
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
62.69
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
71.64
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.43
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.43
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
26.87
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.74
-16.74
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.91
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
70
313.43
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.91
1.91
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
22.39
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.48
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA