Chris Archer vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Chris Archer
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chris Archer 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 3.93 and 1.265 for Chris Archer. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Archer and Grant Thatcher

Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.61
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.59
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.42
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.59
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.45
41.45
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.77
98.77
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
3.93
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
8.17
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.09
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
3.16
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1454
9.64
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.48
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.27
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5723
37.96
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
4.34
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
4.38
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.15
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.65
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5152
34.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.96
37.96
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Chris Archer and Grant Thatcher

Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.61
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.59
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.4
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.74
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
1.23
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1.14
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.47
92.47
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.77
98.77
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Archer and Grant Thatcher

Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
1689.66
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
551.72
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
55.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
48.28
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
6.18
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
62.07
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
82.76
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
48.28
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.49
-17.14
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
38
262.07
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
2.29
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA