Colin Selby vs. Claude Thomas — Career Comparison

Colin Selby
Gen ZVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Thomas
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Colin Selby as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.376 compared to 6.2 and 1.556 for Colin Selby. By the career numbers, Claude Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Colin Selby and Claude Thomas

Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
7.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.27
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.51
13.51
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
6.2
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.13
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
9.6
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
8.58
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
4.2
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.81
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
9.8
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.556
1.556
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.671
0.671
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
40.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
36.85
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
6.4
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.45
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.4
6.4
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
35.8
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
32.4
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.85
36.85

Fielding Stats for Colin Selby and Claude Thomas

Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
7.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.6
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.4
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.324
0.324
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.286
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.51
13.51
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Colin Selby and Claude Thomas

Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
5.34
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-23.83
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Selby
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA