Zane Smith vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Zane Smith
Baby BoomersWisconsinThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Zane Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 3.74 and 1.364 for Zane Smith. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Zane Smith and Tom Thomas

Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.69
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.36
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.47
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.54
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.51
46.51
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.83
80.83
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
3.74
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5758
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1919.1
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1980
9.28
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.57
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
2.73
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.26
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
4.74
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.831
0.831
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.13
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.15
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8077
37.87
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
37.97
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
4.37
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
0.52
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.2
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
1.23
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7311
34.28
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Zane Smith and Tom Thomas

Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.69
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.36
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5758
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1919.1
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.49
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.78
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
2.35
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.47
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.94
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.61
96.61
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.83
80.83
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.16
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zane Smith and Tom Thomas

Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
386
362.44
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
639
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
551
517.37
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
530.77
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
81.69
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
68.54
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
11.27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.88
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
13.15
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.3
17.18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
96.71
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
95.77
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
25.35
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
30.05
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
55.4
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.18
12.38
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.88
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
12.21
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
108
101.41
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.92
5.92
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
67.61
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.88
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA