Harry Shriver vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Harry Shriver
Lost GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Shriver 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. Harry Shriver posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.513 compared to 3.82 and 1.455 for Roy Thomas. By the career numbers, Harry Shriver had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Shriver and Roy Thomas

Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.08
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.69
57.69
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
3.82
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.1
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
9.77
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.85
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
3.12
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.775
0.775
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.34
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
39.02
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1799
38.61
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
4.17
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
4.36
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
35.01
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Harry Shriver and Roy Thomas

Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
27
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419.1
9
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.16
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.654
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.495
0.495
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Shriver and Roy Thomas

Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
26
472.73
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.14
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
12.25
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.52
-27.6
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.36
-5.98
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Shriver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shriver
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA