Mac MacArthur vs. Claude Thomas — Career Comparison

Mac MacArthur
Pre-GenerationalScotlandThrows RightIndianapolis HoosiersAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Claude Thomas
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Mac MacArthur as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.376 compared to 5.02 and 1.500 for Mac MacArthur. By the career numbers, Claude Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mac MacArthur and Claude Thomas

Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.04
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.22
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.04
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.27
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.04
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
5.02
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.13
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9.87
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
8.58
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.63
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.81
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.29
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.769
0.769
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.671
0.671
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
41.54
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
36.85
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
8.48
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.45
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
37.56
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
32.4
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.17
8.17
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.85
36.85

Fielding Stats for Mac MacArthur and Claude Thomas

Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.04
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.08
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.12
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.25
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.167
2.167
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mac MacArthur and Claude Thomas

Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
6
163.64
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
600
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
572.73
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
7.33
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-11.28
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-23.83
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA