Fred Blaylock vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Fred Blaylock
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Blaylock 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 5.4 and 2.175 for Fred Blaylock. By the career numbers, Dale Thayer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Blaylock and Dale Thayer

Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.61
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
11.48
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.48
11.48
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
5.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.109
1.109
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
47.93
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.175
2.175
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
39.15
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.93
47.93
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Fred Blaylock and Dale Thayer

Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Blaylock and Dale Thayer

Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
28.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
36.53
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA