Noah Syndergaard vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Noah Syndergaard
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Noah Syndergaard 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 3.71 and 1.206 for Noah Syndergaard. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Noah Syndergaard and Tom Thomas

Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.57
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.55
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.56
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.45
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.66
55.66
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
3.71
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2824
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
941.1
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
8.7
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.96
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
2.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.07
2.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
928
8.87
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.25
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.32
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3904
37.33
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
37.97
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
4.02
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.25
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.65
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3612
34.53
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Noah Syndergaard and Tom Thomas

Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.57
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.55
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2824
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
941.1
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.54
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.97
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.13
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.63
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.47
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.94
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.81
91.81
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Noah Syndergaard and Tom Thomas

Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
392.03
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
222
530.68
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
530.77
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
81.27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
50.2
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.73
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.34
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
31.08
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.71
35.17
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.3
30.11
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
141.04
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
117.13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.47
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
35.86
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
54.98
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.52
22.76
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
35.86
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
144
344.22
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
1.74
1.74
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
31.08
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Noah Syndergaard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.78
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Noah Syndergaard
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA