Jim McLaughlin vs. Mike Thurman — Career Comparison

Jim McLaughlin
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Mike Thurman
Gen XOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thurman built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim McLaughlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim McLaughlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.727 compared to 5.05 and 1.509 for Mike Thurman. By the career numbers, Jim McLaughlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Mike Thurman

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.91
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.59
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.47
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.66
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.94
41.94
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.68
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
5.05
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
11.05
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
9.79
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.79
9.79
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.08
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.5
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.46
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.33
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.27
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
5.4
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.864
0.864
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.31
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.38
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
41.32
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2187
39.87
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
5.67
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.46
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.4
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.73
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.727
1.727
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.473
1.473
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
36.82
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1929
35.17
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.32
41.32
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.87
39.87

Fielding Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Mike Thurman

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.98
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.91
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.59
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
27
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
9
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.42
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.15
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.11
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.8
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.62
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.64
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.53
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.38
94.38
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Mike Thurman

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
136.36
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
406.45
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
600
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
507.1
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.48
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.48
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.73
47.27
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
1.56
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
218.18
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.48
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
46.45
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
23.23
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
23.23
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.94
52.81
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.34
-32.29
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
27.1
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
93
360
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
61.94
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA