Brad Lesley vs. Claude Thomas — Career Comparison

Brad Lesley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Thomas
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lesley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Lesley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 4.13 and 1.376 for Claude Thomas. By the career numbers, Brad Lesley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lesley and Claude Thomas

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.27
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.86
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.13
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
7.59
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
8.58
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.87
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.61
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.81
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.62
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.72
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.671
0.671
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
37.2
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
36.85
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.73
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.11
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.45
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.87
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.377
1.377
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
32.85
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
32.4
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.2
37.2
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.85
36.85

Fielding Stats for Brad Lesley and Claude Thomas

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.72
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.1
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.37
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.87
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.74
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.286
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lesley and Claude Thomas

Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
8100
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.94
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-23.83
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lesley
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA