Bryan Shaw vs. Dean Thomas — Career Comparison

Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dean Thomas
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dean Thomas built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bryan Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.365 compared to 5.49 and 1.542 for Dean Thomas. By the career numbers, Bryan Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Shaw and Dean Thomas

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.37
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.07
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.76
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.96
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.49
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
9.76
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.97
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.61
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
3.52
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
4.12
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
5.03
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.017
1.017
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
40.73
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.44
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
6.71
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.02
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.68
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.542
1.542
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
35.39
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.73
40.73

Fielding Stats for Bryan Shaw and Dean Thomas

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.37
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.07
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.92
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.71
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.44
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.58
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.44
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.778
1.778
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Shaw and Dean Thomas

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
285.71
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
514.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
3.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.73
-20.96
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA