Roy Thomas vs. Irv Young — Career Comparison

Roy Thomas
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Irv Young
Pre-GenerationalMaineThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Irv 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. Irv Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.211 compared to 3.82 and 1.455 for Roy Thomas. By the career numbers, Irv Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Thomas and Irv Young

Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.05
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.41
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.87
39.87
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.03
77.03
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.78
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
3.82
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
3.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4154
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1384.2
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.31
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
8.85
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.21
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.05
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
6.2
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
560
3.64
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.157
1.157
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.633
0.633
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.15
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.24
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1799
38.61
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5590
36.33
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.01
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
4.36
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
4.09
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.211
1.211
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
33.22
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5237
34.04
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.33
36.33

Fielding Stats for Roy Thomas and Irv Young

Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.91
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.46
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.04
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3876
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1292
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.73
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.16
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
2.79
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
3.67
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.93
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
505
3.52
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.495
0.495
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.416
2.416
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.77
71.77
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Thomas and Irv Young

Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
3033.33
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
252.82
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
496
600
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
475
574.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
72.58
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
59.27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
9.68
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.63
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
13.31
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.74
12.25
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.35
13.73
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
89.52
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
87.1
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
25.4
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
21.77
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
47.18
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-5.98
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.4
-1.7
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
13.31
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
266.67
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
216.53
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
10.89
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Irv Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100