Tony Faeth vs. Mike Thurman — Career Comparison

Tony Faeth
Lost GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Thurman
Gen XOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thurman built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Faeth as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Faeth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.708 compared to 5.05 and 1.509 for Mike Thurman. By the career numbers, Tony Faeth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Faeth and Mike Thurman

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.95
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.91
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.47
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.94
41.94
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.7
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
5.05
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
27
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.1
9
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
9.14
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
9.79
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.08
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.23
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.46
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.33
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
4.36
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
5.4
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.985
0.985
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.31
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.38
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
37.8
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2187
39.87
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.49
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.78
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
5.67
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.46
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.4
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.73
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.473
1.473
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
31.36
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1929
35.17
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.87
39.87

Fielding Stats for Tony Faeth and Mike Thurman

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.91
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1481
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493.2
9
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.42
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.11
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.62
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.53
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.38
94.38
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.526
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Faeth and Mike Thurman

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1140
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
406.45
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
600
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
507.1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.48
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.48
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.72
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
1.56
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.48
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
46.45
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
23.23
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
23.23
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-37.83
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-8.34
-32.29
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
27.1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
93
360
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
61.94
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA