Nate Moreland vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Nate Moreland
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nate Moreland 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 5.05 and 1.576 for Nate Moreland. By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nate Moreland and Roy Thomas

Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.55
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.87
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.58
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.55
54.55
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.05
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.2
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
10.39
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.87
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.71
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.79
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
5.44
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
40.79
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1799
38.61
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.58
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
5.54
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.68
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.68
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.576
1.576
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
36.32
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Nate Moreland and Roy Thomas

Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.6
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.93
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
106.2
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.45
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.95
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.87
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.14
97.14
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nate Moreland and Roy Thomas

Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
19
259.09
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
572.73
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
122.73
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.88
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
163.64
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
150
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.68
50.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Nate Moreland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Moreland
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA