Bugs Raymond vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Bugs Raymond
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bugs Raymond built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Thompson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bugs Raymond posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.49 and WHIP 1.177 compared to 4.46 and 1.419 for Brad Thompson. By the career numbers, Bugs Raymond had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bugs Raymond and Brad Thompson

Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
1.43
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.47
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.6
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.12
44.12
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.6
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.49
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2564
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854.2
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
7.62
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
9.84
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
2.97
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.69
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
4.22
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
4.22
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.799
0.799
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3399
35.79
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1757
39.01
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.79
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
4.88
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.33
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3084
32.48
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1580
35.08
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.79
35.79
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Bugs Raymond and Brad Thompson

Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
1.58
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2319
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
773
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.43
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
3.25
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.18
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.91
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.93
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.68
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.91
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.05
94.05
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.324
2.324
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.24
63.24
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bugs Raymond and Brad Thompson

Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
136
279.45
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
1715.49
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
292
600
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
540.41
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
56
473.24
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
86.3
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
71.92
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.22
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.16
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.38
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.79
24.24
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
18.12
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
106.85
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
121.23
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
101.41
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
24.66
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.77
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
53.42
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.96
20.46
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
19.36
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.88
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
87
178.77
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
12
24.66
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.05
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.05
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100