Chad Kimsey vs. Tommy Thompson — Career Comparison

Chad Kimsey
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tommy Thompson
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tommy Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Kimsey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chad Kimsey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.07 and WHIP 1.594 compared to 6.06 and 1.714 for Tommy Thompson. By the career numbers, Chad Kimsey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chad Kimsey and Tommy Thompson

Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.5
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.93
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.28
45.28
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
5.07
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.06
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
27
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509.1
9
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
10.92
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
11.85
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.92
10.92
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.85
11.85
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.41
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.43
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
3.58
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
2.14
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.13
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.619
0.619
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.25
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.18
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2265
40.02
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
39.12
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.4
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.38
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
6.03
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.82
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.03
6.03
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.594
1.594
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2061
36.42
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
34.71
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.02
40.02
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Chad Kimsey and Tommy Thompson

Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.43
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chad Kimsey and Tommy Thompson

Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
605.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
369.23
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
549.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
461.54
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.714
0.714
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
154.67
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
109.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
45.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.76
82.03
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.95
43.72
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
237.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
200
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.768
0.768
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.717
0.717
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.73
0.73
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.625
0.625
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
80
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
69.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
133.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.77
87.38
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.45
66.83
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
42.67
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
53
141.33
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0