Herb Moford vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Herb Moford
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Herb Moford 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 5.03 and 1.373 for Herb Moford. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herb Moford and Tom Thomas

Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.86
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.78
27.78
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
28
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.34
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
5.03
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157.1
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.18
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.2
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.66
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
4.46
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.903
0.903
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
38.56
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
37.97
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
5.38
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
34.32
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.56
38.56
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Herb Moford and Tom Thomas

Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.87
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.46
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.52
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.47
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.52
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.94
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
28
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Moford and Tom Thomas

Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
625
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
550
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
23
530.77
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.75
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.1
-38.69
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
137.5
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
4.36
4.36
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
37.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA