Tom Thomas vs. Milt Wilcox — Career Comparison

Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Milt Wilcox
Baby BoomersHawaiiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Milt Wilcox 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 4.07 and 1.402 for Milt Wilcox. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Thomas and Milt Wilcox

Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
1.76
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.53
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.29
51.29
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.83
71.83
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.33
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
4.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6050
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2016.2
9
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1991
8.89
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.89
8.89
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.91
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
770
3.44
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.29
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
5.07
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.23
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.33
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
37.97
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8635
38.54
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.24
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1013
4.52
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.36
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.76
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.369
1.369
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7652
34.15
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Tom Thomas and Milt Wilcox

Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.76
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6048
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2016
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
1.59
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.47
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
2.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.94
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
2.14
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.66
94.66
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.08
72.08
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Thomas and Milt Wilcox

Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
3452.17
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
23
530.77
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
539.13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.464
0.464
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
78.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.44
21.18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
113.04
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
113.04
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
43.48
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.98
17.23
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
15
130.43
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
4.6
4.6
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
43.48
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA