Gary Rath vs. Harry Thompson — Career Comparison

Gary Rath
Gen XMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Thompson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Rath as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Thompson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.23 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 11.25 and 2.000 for Gary Rath. By the career numbers, Harry Thompson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gary Rath and Harry Thompson

Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
2.44
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.65
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.23
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.93
7.93
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.63
7.63
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
27
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55.1
9
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
10.13
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
10.41
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.41
10.41
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.65
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.88
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.79
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.398
0.398
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
45
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
36.76
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.79
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.88
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
36
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
34.64
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76

Fielding Stats for Gary Rath and Harry Thompson

Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
27
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.421
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.5
12.5
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gary Rath and Harry Thompson

Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
320.93
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
600
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
530.23
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.589
0.589
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
111.63
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
42.37
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
153.49
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
45.29
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Rath
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.5
21.5
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Gary Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100