Scott Sullivan vs. Gene Thompson — Career Comparison

Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gene Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Sullivan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gene Thompson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 3.98 and 1.368 for Scott Sullivan. By the career numbers, Gene Thompson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Sullivan and Gene Thompson

Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
2.42
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.89
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.49
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.46
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.32
57.32
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.76
36.76
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.35
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
3.98
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
3.26
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2060
27
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
686.2
9
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
8.19
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
7.89
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.19
8.19
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.09
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.46
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.43
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
4.3
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.7
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
7.59
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
4.13
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.936
0.936
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.73
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3146
38.4
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2936
38.48
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.56
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.87
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
4.31
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
4
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.23
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.38
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.76
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2755
33.63
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2597
34.04
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.4
38.4
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Scott Sullivan and Gene Thompson

Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2212
27
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
737.1
9
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.45
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.87
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.15
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.46
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.32
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.98
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.194
0.194
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.097
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Sullivan and Gene Thompson

Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
6576.47
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
185
491.15
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
564.71
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
200
530.97
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
119.47
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
23.89
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
3.49
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.23
35.14
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
146.02
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
135.4
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.51
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
82.3
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.29
-26.96
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.76
39.18
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.93
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
329.41
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
138.05
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.82
1.82
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
4.35
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.1
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA