Roy Thomas vs. Adam Wainwright — Career Comparison

Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Adam Wainwright
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveSilver SluggerAll-Star

Adam Wainwright 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. Roy Thomas led in strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 100 vs 90), and home run suppression (HR9+ 121 vs 116). Adam Wainwright held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 103 vs 90). Role difference aside, Roy Thomas holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Roy Thomas and Adam Wainwright

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
1.61
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.39
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.67
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.43
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.98
60.98
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.98
85.98
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
3.82
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
3.53
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8005
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2668.1
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2577
8.69
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.71
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
0.79
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
736
2.48
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.13
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
6.2
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2202
7.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1799
38.61
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11116
37.49
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
4.36
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1117
3.77
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.34
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
0.86
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10139
34.2
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.49
37.49

Fielding Stats for Roy Thomas and Adam Wainwright

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
1.61
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.39
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8005
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2668.1
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.8
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.16
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
1.09
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
1.92
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.93
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
1.89
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.24
98.24
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.98
85.98
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Thomas and Adam Wainwright

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
508
359.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
848
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
744
526.42
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
101.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
65.09
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
27.59
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.42
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.08
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
36.08
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48.62
34.4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
152.83
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
120.28
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
38.92
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
53.07
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
84.91
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.2
29.86
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
19.1
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
250
176.89
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
3.39
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
52.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.12
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
11
7.78
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.42
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.42
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0