Roy Thomas vs. Jerry Walker — Career Comparison

Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jerry Walker
Silent GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jerry Walker 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 home run suppression (HR9+ 121 vs 87), strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 75), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 86). Role difference aside, Roy Thomas holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Roy Thomas and Jerry Walker

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
2.29
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.08
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.45
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.53
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.68
45.68
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.82
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
4.36
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2241
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
747
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
734
8.84
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.71
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
3.93
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.893
0.893
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.22
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.3
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1799
38.61
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3263
39.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.59
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.36
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
4.78
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2897
34.9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31

Fielding Stats for Roy Thomas and Jerry Walker

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
2.29
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.08
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2241
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
747
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.52
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.6
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
2.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.12
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.88
98.88
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.926
0.926
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Thomas and Jerry Walker

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
472.39
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
268
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
564.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
129.85
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
107.46
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
13.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.96
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
22.39
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.29
43.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
170.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
147.76
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
53.73
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
47.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
91.79
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.48
45.86
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
15.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
114.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.25
5.25
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
15.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.72
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100