Ted Bowsfield vs. Joe Thatcher — Career Comparison

Ted Bowsfield
Silent GenerationCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Thatcher
MillenialIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ted Bowsfield built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Thatcher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Thatcher led in home run suppression (HR9+ 224 vs 101), run prevention (ERA+ 189 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 175 vs 96). Role difference aside, Joe Thatcher holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Joe Thatcher

Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
2.92
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
13.98
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.17
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.5
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.53
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.55
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.68
48.68
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.74
40.74
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
4.35
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.38
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
782
27
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
260.2
9
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
9.5
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
8.7
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.86
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.66
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
3.52
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
3.14
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.62
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
4.43
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
9.32
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.48
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2920
39.68
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122
38.74
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.69
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.66
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
5.01
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.66
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.52
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.62
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2649
36
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
990
34.18
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Joe Thatcher

Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
2.92
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
13.98
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.17
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1989
27
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
782
27
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
663
9
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
260.2
9
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.67
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.56
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.66
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
2.43
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.86
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
2.23
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.79
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.62
91.62
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.763
0.763
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.057
0.057
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Joe Thatcher

Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
235
705
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
405
243000
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
200
600
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
519
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
66
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
54
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.53
16.6
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
81
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
108
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
57
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
24
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
81
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
7.97
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
42
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
198
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
3.03
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
39
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA