Bunny Hearn vs. Dave Thies — Career Comparison

Bunny Hearn
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh RebelsFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Thies
Silent GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bunny Hearn built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Thies as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bunny Hearn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.324 compared to 4.62 and 1.500 for Dave Thies. By the career numbers, Bunny Hearn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bunny Hearn and Dave Thies

Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.49
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.2
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.9
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.54
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.14
35.14
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.54
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.56
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.62
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
27
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.1
9
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
9.66
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
9.24
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.25
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.26
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.5
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.2
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.829
0.829
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1630
36.71
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
39.08
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.52
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.07
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
4.12
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.33
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1526
34.36
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
34.11
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Bunny Hearn and Dave Thies

Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
15.23
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.2
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.15
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
27
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.1
9
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.46
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
27
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.13
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
31.15
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.13
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
30.46
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.13
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.78
97.78
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bunny Hearn and Dave Thies

Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
282.86
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
900
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
600
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
570
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.469
0.469
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
102.86
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
81.43
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.14
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
21.43
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.98
29.92
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
90.41
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
132.86
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
120
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.14
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
42.86
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.84
25.04
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
93.53
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
158.57
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.78
3.78
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bunny Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA