Vic Aldridge vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Vic Aldridge
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Vic Aldridge 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 3.76 and 1.364 for Vic Aldridge. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vic Aldridge and Grant Thatcher

Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.39
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.45
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.8
54.8
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.66
82.66
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.57
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
668
3.76
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4802
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1600.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1671
9.4
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.49
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
512
2.88
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
2.96
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.649
0.649
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.22
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6852
38.53
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
785
4.41
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.364
1.364
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6301
35.43
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
35.27
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Vic Aldridge and Grant Thatcher

Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.22
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
27
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.94
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.532
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vic Aldridge and Grant Thatcher

Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
238.84
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
623
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
581
559.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
128.09
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
108.83
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
13.48
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.85
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.93
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
19.26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38.53
37.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
155.06
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
150
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
137.72
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
44.3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
57.78
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
100.16
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.51
42.87
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1.02
38.14
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
9.63
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
39.49
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.2
15.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
30.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.93
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.93
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Aldridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA