Harry Otis vs. Rich Thompson — Career Comparison

Harry Otis
Lost GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rich Thompson
MillenialAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Otis built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich Thompson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Otis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.37 and WHIP 1.671 compared to 4.21 and 1.357 for Rich Thompson. By the career numbers, Harry Otis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Otis and Rich Thompson

Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.71
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
7.05
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.03
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.68
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.37
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
4.21
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
27
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.1
9
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
8.89
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
9.03
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.89
8.89
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.55
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6.15
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.18
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.05
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
9.03
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.911
0.911
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.12
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.03
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
38.62
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
39.12
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.67
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.76
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
4.3
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.671
1.671
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
31.44
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
35.34
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Harry Otis and Rich Thompson

Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.73
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
7.05
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
27
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104.2
9
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.52
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.12
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.6
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.46
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.29
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.12
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.12
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Otis and Rich Thompson

Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
300
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
13.93
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.12
-6.97
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
300
Rich Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Otis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Otis
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA