How Joe Thatcher's Games Finished Compares to Similar Players

Joe Thatcher totaled 77 career Games Finished, near the relief pitcher average of 70.1 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Games Finished season came in 2013, posting 16, well above the relief pitcher average of 11.9 that year. The lowest point came in 2015 at 3, well below the relief pitcher average of 11.2 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Games Finished total went from 16 in 2013 to 9 in 2014 and 3 in 2015, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Finished profile — ranging from 3 to 16 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Joe Thatcher Lifetime Games Finished

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Joe Thatcher Games Finished Per Season

Joe Thatcher's Games Finished for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Thatcher Games Finished per season line chart

Joe Thatcher Games Finished by Team

Joe Thatcher's career Games Finished totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Thatcher career Games Finished by team bar chart

Joe Thatcher Cumulative Games Finished — Career Progression

A running total of Joe Thatcher's career Games Finished, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Joe Thatcher Games Finished year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Thatcher Games Finished Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Thatcher's seasonal Games Finished alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Joe Thatcher Games Finished distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Thatcher Games Finished — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Thatcher's MLB career with Games Finished alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Joe Thatcher Games Finished season-by-season breakdown table