Mick Abel vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Mick Abel
Gen ZOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mick Abel built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Thatcher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Grant Thatcher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.378 compared to 6.23 and 1.513 for Mick Abel. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mick Abel and Grant Thatcher

Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.31
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.85
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
6.23
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
9.92
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.85
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.69
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
40.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
6.46
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
36.23
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
35.27
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.15
40.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Mick Abel and Grant Thatcher

Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.31
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.85
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mick Abel and Grant Thatcher

Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
600
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA