Alex Newkirk vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Alex Newkirk
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Alex Newkirk 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 5.38 and 1.602 for Alex Newkirk. By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Newkirk and Roy Thomas

Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.71
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.89
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.38
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
152.1
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
11.05
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
3.25
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
40.71
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1799
38.61
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
6.03
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.83
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.77
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
36.45
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.71
40.71
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Alex Newkirk and Roy Thomas

Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.76
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.88
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.28
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.69
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.51
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Newkirk and Roy Thomas

Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
44
347.37
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
544.74
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
157.89
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
15.79
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.59
59.91
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
181.58
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
39.47
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
86.84
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.41
74.26
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA