Craig McMurtry vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Craig McMurtry
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Craig McMurtry built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 4.08 and 1.502 for Craig McMurtry. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Craig McMurtry and Tom Thomas

Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.86
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.38
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.57
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.26
37.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
4.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2003
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667.2
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
8.76
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.73
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
4.53
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.23
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
4.7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.026
1.026
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.24
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.13
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2921
39.37
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
37.97
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.6
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.36
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.82
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2512
33.86
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.37
39.37
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Craig McMurtry and Tom Thomas

Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.86
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2003
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667.2
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.59
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
2
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.71
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.47
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
2.59
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.94
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.906
0.906
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.26
37.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Craig McMurtry and Tom Thomas

Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
722.65
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
507.18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
530.77
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
49.72
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
46.41
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.31
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.31
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.27
7.51
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
56.35
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
69.61
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
29.83
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
13.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
43.09
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.22
-10.67
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
19.89
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
84
278.45
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
2.15
2.15
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
72.93
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.63
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.63
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.63
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig McMurtry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA