Leroy Matlock vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Leroy Matlock
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Leroy Matlock 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 3.93 and 1.312 for Leroy Matlock. By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leroy Matlock and Roy Thomas

Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
1.38
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.03
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.61
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.33
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.63
64.63
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.52
64.52
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.17
74.17
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
3.93
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2340
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
780
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
793
9.15
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
2.65
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
4.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3312
38.22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1799
38.61
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
4.8
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.78
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.81
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3006
34.68
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Leroy Matlock and Roy Thomas

Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
1.43
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2939
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
979.2
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.21
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.03
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
3.38
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
3.24
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.92
95.92
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.263
2.263
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.87
69.87
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leroy Matlock and Roy Thomas

Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
161
222.58
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
518.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.624
0.624
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
114.75
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
92.63
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
15.21
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.76
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.15
47.21
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
147.93
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
161.75
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
80.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.92
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
129.95
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.48
53.2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.62
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144.67
144.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
34.56
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.29
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.29
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA