Santo Alcala vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Santo Alcala
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Santo Alcala 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 4.76 and 1.552 for Santo Alcala. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Santo Alcala and Grant Thatcher

Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.19
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.51
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
56
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.53
48.53
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
4.76
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
748
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.1
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
9.28
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.9
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
4.37
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
5.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1103
39.81
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.4
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
4.98
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.54
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.516
1.516
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
960
34.65
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.81
39.81
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Santo Alcala and Grant Thatcher

Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.19
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
748
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.1
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.58
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.62
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.59
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.78
97.78
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.647
0.647
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.53
48.53
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Santo Alcala and Grant Thatcher

Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
510
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
532.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
60
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.25
16.84
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
90
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
75
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
30
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
67.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.37
-2.8
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
41
307.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
1.95
1.95
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Santo Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
52.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Santo Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA