Ryan Madson vs. Zach Thompson — Career Comparison

Ryan Madson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zach Thompson
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Zach Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Madson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ryan Madson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.292 compared to 4.36 and 1.383 for Zach Thompson. By the career numbers, Ryan Madson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Madson and Zach Thompson

Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.56
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.62
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.63
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.5
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.76
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.96
55.96
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.09
26.09
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.16
63.16
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.94
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.48
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.36
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
8.59
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
9.03
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.85
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.12
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
2.59
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
3.37
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
8.02
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
7.14
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.168
1.168
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.41
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3631
37.58
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
870
39.08
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.44
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
3.7
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.99
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.37
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.25
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.83
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.85
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3277
33.91
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
35.13
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.58
37.58
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Ryan Madson and Zach Thompson

Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.56
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.62
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.43
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.07
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.52
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.03
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.5
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.99
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.64
98.64
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.196
0.196
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.386
0.386
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.16
63.16
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Madson and Zach Thompson

Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
740
7655.17
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
58
1933.33
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
506.9
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.81
8.37
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
13.5
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-7.3
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0
-0.06
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
217.24
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
300
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
2.76
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Zach Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA