Bronson Arroyo vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Bronson Arroyo
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bronson Arroyo 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 4.28 and 1.325 for Bronson Arroyo. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bronson Arroyo and Grant Thatcher

Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
1.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
1.42
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
0.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.51
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.93
51.93
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.41
91.41
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1158
4.28
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7307
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2435.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2507
9.26
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.28
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
2.44
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.22
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
5.8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.916
0.916
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.39
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10338
38.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1260
4.66
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.34
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.24
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.68
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9417
34.8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
38.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Bronson Arroyo and Grant Thatcher

Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
1.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
1.42
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7307
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2435.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
2.08
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
2.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.15
97.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.41
91.41
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bronson Arroyo and Grant Thatcher

Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
357.38
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
732
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
629
515.57
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
66.39
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
48.36
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
13.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.92
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
18.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.55
16.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
94.26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
78.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
28.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
23.77
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
47.54
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1.01
0.83
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
11.48
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
276
226.23
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
69.67
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.46
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
8
6.56
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA