Carl Mathias vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Carl Mathias
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Carl Mathias built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.82 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 7.14 and 1.655 for Carl Mathias. By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carl Mathias and Roy Thomas

Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.41
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
7.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
11.17
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.55
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.71
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.72
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
6.21
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
6.2
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.21
6.21
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.103
1.103
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
42.21
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1799
38.61
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.24
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.01
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
8.07
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.07
8.07
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.655
1.655
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
38.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.21
42.21
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Carl Mathias and Roy Thomas

Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.41
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.55
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.636
0.636
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Mathias and Roy Thomas

Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
11
1100
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
50
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
7.84
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA