Kurt Ainsworth vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Kurt Ainsworth
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kurt Ainsworth built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Thayer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dale Thayer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.264 compared to 5.19 and 1.555 for Kurt Ainsworth. By the career numbers, Dale Thayer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Dale Thayer

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.06
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.19
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9.66
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
6.39
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.109
1.109
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
40.43
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.54
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.78
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
34.82
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Dale Thayer

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.06
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.14
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.71
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.71
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
96.43
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.828
0.828
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Dale Thayer

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
30
545.45
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
4.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.24
-22.63
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA