Roy Thomas vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Cy Young 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. Cy Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.130 compared to 3.82 and 1.455 for Roy Thomas. By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Thomas and Cy Young

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
1
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
0.39
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.86
61.86
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.02
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
3.82
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7092
8.68
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2803
3.43
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.19
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1799
38.61
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
4.36
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Roy Thomas and Cy Young

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.29
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.87
93.87
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.47
25.47
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.05
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Thomas and Cy Young

Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2960
572.72
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
27.09
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204.03
39.48
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
834
161.37
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
138.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
62.88
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
115.51
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
1.93
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
15.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
9.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100