Harry McNeal vs. Tommy Thompson — Career Comparison

Harry McNeal
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tommy Thompson
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tommy Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry McNeal as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry McNeal posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.43 and WHIP 1.758 compared to 6.06 and 1.714 for Tommy Thompson. By the career numbers, Harry McNeal had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry McNeal and Tommy Thompson

Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.27
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.93
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.05
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.43
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.06
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
12.66
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
11.85
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.85
11.85
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.16
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
3.58
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.58
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.13
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.527
0.527
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.84
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.83
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
42.61
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
39.12
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.38
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
7.17
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.82
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.17
7.17
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
38.6
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
34.71
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.334
0.334
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.61
42.61
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Harry McNeal and Tommy Thompson

Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.27
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
27
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
9
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.59
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.01
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.8
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry McNeal and Tommy Thompson

Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
369.23
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
569.23
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
461.54
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.28
19.68
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
43.72
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
107.69
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
107.69
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.717
0.717
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
13.83
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.45
66.83
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
4.33
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0