Dallas Braden vs. Dick Thoenen — Career Comparison

Dallas Braden
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Thoenen
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dallas Braden built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Thoenen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dallas Braden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.16 and WHIP 1.335 compared to 9 and 2.000 for Dick Thoenen. By the career numbers, Dallas Braden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dallas Braden and Dick Thoenen

Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.48
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.94
41.94
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
4.16
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
9.34
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
2.58
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.59
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.908
0.908
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.2
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2076
38.03
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
45
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
4.54
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.71
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1899
34.78
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
45
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Dallas Braden and Dick Thoenen

Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.3
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.87
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.74
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.14
93.14
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dallas Braden and Dick Thoenen

Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
9400
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.36
-35.89
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Dick Thoenen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Thoenen
Career
Per 600 PA