Ray Fontenot vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Ray Fontenot
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Fontenot 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), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 97), and strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 83). Ray Fontenot held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 91). Role difference aside, Dale Thayer holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ray Fontenot and Dale Thayer

Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.64
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.13
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.46
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.47
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.02
49.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.76
42.76
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
4.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
10.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.77
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
2.79
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
3.94
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.24
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2112
38.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
4.61
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.46
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.44
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1921
35.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Ray Fontenot and Dale Thayer

Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.64
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.13
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.73
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
2.26
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.08
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.94
91.94
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.76
42.76
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Fontenot and Dale Thayer

Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
145
1673.08
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
553.85
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
1.2
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.24
-37.43
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
24
276.92
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
2.17
2.17
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA