Sam Cooper vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Sam Cooper
Lost GenerationNew YorkNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Cooper 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 1.534 for Sam Cooper. By the career numbers, Dale Thayer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Cooper and Dale Thayer

Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.64
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.39
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
5.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
610
27
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
203.1
9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
10.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
3.76
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
3.63
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.821
0.821
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
40.77
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
6.64
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.68
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.8
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
790
34.97
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.77
40.77
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Sam Cooper and Dale Thayer

Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.64
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
610
27
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
203.1
9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.23
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.81
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.41
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.53
89.53
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.081
2.081
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Cooper and Dale Thayer

Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
39
278.57
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
557.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.548
0.548
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
107.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
78.57
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.76
41.15
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
164.29
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
135.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
42.86
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
71.43
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
107.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.9
42.17
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
84
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA