Albert Overton vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Albert Overton
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightNorth AmericaLittle Rock GraysNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Albert Overton 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 4.68 and 1.592 for Albert Overton. By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Albert Overton and Roy Thomas

Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.48
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.1
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.68
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
11.02
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.02
11.02
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.48
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
42.7
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1799
38.61
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
7.16
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.592
1.592
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
38.02
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.7
42.7
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Albert Overton and Roy Thomas

Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.32
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.05
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.2
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.63
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.32
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.63
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.59
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.95
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
82.35
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Albert Overton and Roy Thomas

Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
12
378.95
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
19.57
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
19.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA