Brad Mills vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Brad Mills
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brad Mills 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 7.97 and 1.785 for Brad Mills. By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Mills and Roy Thomas

Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.39
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.59
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
7.97
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.09
7.09
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
10.94
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.94
10.94
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.82
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.71
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
4.21
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
8.09
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
6.2
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.443
1.443
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.157
1.157
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
42.49
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1799
38.61
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
8.09
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.09
8.09
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
36.57
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.49
42.49
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Brad Mills and Roy Thomas

Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.39
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.59
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.16
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.495
0.495
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Mills and Roy Thomas

Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
3150
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
3033.33
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
12.25
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.74
-111.43
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.36
-5.98
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Brad Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA