Jack Ogden vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Jack Ogden
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Ogden 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 4.24 and 1.421 for Jack Ogden. By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Ogden and Roy Thomas

Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
2.09
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.97
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.58
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.37
42.37
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.34
46.34
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.49
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
4.24
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
570
9.7
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.66
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.08
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
2.45
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.615
0.615
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2330
39.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1799
38.61
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.7
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
4.94
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2146
36.53
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.67
39.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Jack Ogden and Roy Thomas

Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
27
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419.1
9
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.16
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.024
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.495
0.495
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Ogden and Roy Thomas

Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
127
418.68
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
560.44
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
112.09
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
92.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
13.19
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.59
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.78
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
32.48
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
138.46
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
135.16
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
49.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
56.04
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
105.49
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.31
33.99
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
23.08
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
115.38
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
5.2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jack Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.48
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA