Larry Dierker vs. Trent Thornton — Career Comparison

Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Trent Thornton
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Trent Thornton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Dierker led in strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 92), run prevention (ERA+ 104 vs 93), and home run suppression (HR9+ 91 vs 81). Trent Thornton held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 121 vs 102). Role difference aside, Larry Dierker holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Larry Dierker and Trent Thornton

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.81
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.54
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.47
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.43
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.42
42.42
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.32
15.32
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
4.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
8.96
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.71
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.39
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
3.05
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
5.76
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
8.51
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.31
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.43
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1714
38.47
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.88
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
4.83
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.72
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.334
1.334
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8828
34.05
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1538
34.52
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.47
38.47

Fielding Stats for Larry Dierker and Trent Thornton

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.81
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.59
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.11
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.54
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.78
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.94
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.69
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.88
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.166
0.166
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.32
15.32
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Dierker and Trent Thornton

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
244.52
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
235
47000
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
789
540.41
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
73.29
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.37
13.27
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
255.07
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
91.1
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
26.03
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
54.79
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
243.7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.22
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
272
186.3
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA