Danny Cox vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Danny Cox
Baby BoomersEnglandThrows RightBats RightEuropeSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Cox 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 110), strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 78), and run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 106). Danny Cox held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 111 vs 91). Role difference aside, Dale Thayer holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Danny Cox and Dale Thayer

Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.93
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.21
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.51
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.66
49.66
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.59
62.59
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
3.64
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3894
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1292
8.96
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.71
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.32
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
5.01
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.28
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5464
37.89
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.24
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.17
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.47
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.28
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.89
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4905
34.01
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
953
34.08
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.89
37.89
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Danny Cox and Dale Thayer

Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.93
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.21
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3894
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.85
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.01
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
1.9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.48
94.48
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.986
0.986
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.59
62.59
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Cox and Dale Thayer

Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
281
405.29
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
359
517.79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
56.25
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
50.48
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.44
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.77
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
8.29
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
63.46
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
77.88
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
24.52
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
41.83
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-5.47
-7.89
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.88
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
18.75
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
152
219.23
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2.74
2.74
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
59.13
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.44
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.21
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA