Dale Gear vs. Mike Thompson — Career Comparison

Dale Gear
Pre-GenerationalKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Thompson
Gen XColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Gear as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dale Gear posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.21 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 5.27 and 1.533 for Mike Thompson. By the career numbers, Dale Gear had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dale Gear and Mike Thompson

Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.31
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.17
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.87
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.5
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.54
61.54
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.77
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
4.21
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.27
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
11.32
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
10.2
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.32
11.32
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.2
10.2
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.25
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.35
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
3.09
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.98
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.34
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.715
0.715
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
804
38.9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
40.12
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.5
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
5.95
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
5.93
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.59
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.17
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.409
1.409
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
770
37.26
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
35.19
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.9
38.9
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Dale Gear and Mike Thompson

Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.24
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.17
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1497
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.33
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.19
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.42
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
2.74
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.51
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.53
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.26
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.029
2.029
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.039
1.039
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Gear and Mike Thompson

Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
166.27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
503.23
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
249
600
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
573.49
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
522.58
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.601
0.601
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
137.35
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
103.61
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.51
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.23
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.73
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.46
49.29
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
13.19
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
178.31
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
159.04
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
60.24
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
60.24
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
120.48
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.66
54.61
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
6.66
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.41
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.28
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
38.55
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
251.61
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.56
15.56
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.82
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.64
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.64
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Gear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA