Tony Cloninger vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Tony Cloninger
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tony Cloninger 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 led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 67), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 84), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 82). Tony Cloninger held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 91). Role difference aside, Dale Thayer holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tony Cloninger and Dale Thayer

Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
1.79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.26
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.49
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.81
53.81
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.17
70.17
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.32
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
799
4.07
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5303
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1767.2
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1643
8.37
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
8.55
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.92
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
4.06
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.33
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1120
5.7
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.085
1.085
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.61
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7624
38.82
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.2
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
898
4.57
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.57
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6768
34.46
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Tony Cloninger and Dale Thayer

Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
1.79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.26
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5302
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1767.1
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.42
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.13
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
2.13
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
2
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.79
93.79
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.17
70.17
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Cloninger and Dale Thayer

Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
366
326.3
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
621
553.64
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
106.09
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
80.24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
14.26
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.78
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.81
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
25.85
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.57
33.49
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
153.34
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
115.9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
57.95
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
59.73
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
107.88
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.39
28.88
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.78
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
143.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.18
4.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
34.77
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.78
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
6
5.35
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.78
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.67
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA