Joe Saunders vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Joe Saunders
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Saunders 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 led in strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 73), home run suppression (HR9+ 121 vs 86), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 88). Joe Saunders held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 111 vs 90). Role difference aside, Roy Thomas holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Joe Saunders and Roy Thomas

Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
1.52
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.49
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.58
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.56
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.86
50.86
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.45
97.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
4.37
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4162
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1387.1
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
9.94
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.16
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.71
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
2.85
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
792
5.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.19
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5962
38.68
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1799
38.61
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.84
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.26
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.23
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.1
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5418
35.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.68
38.68
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Joe Saunders and Roy Thomas

Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
1.52
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.49
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4162
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1387.1
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.39
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.47
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
1.89
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.86
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.29
98.29
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.45
97.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Saunders and Roy Thomas

Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
944
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
512
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
68
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
64
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.06
12.22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
12.25
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
72
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
92
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
3.78
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
136
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.41
4.41
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
60
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA