Danny Jackson vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Danny Jackson
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Jackson 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 86), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 88), and strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 85). Danny Jackson held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 140 vs 91). Role difference aside, Dale Thayer holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Danny Jackson and Dale Thayer

Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
1.53
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.41
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.49
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.57
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.09
46.09
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.78
91.78
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.19
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
923
4.01
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6218
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2072.2
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2110
9.16
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.58
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
816
3.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.17
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1225
5.32
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.985
0.985
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.22
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8986
39.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1061
4.61
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.51
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.412
1.412
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7935
34.46
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Danny Jackson and Dale Thayer

Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
1.53
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.41
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6218
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2072.2
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.46
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
1.24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.13
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.82
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
1.69
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.07
92.07
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Jackson and Dale Thayer

Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
432.39
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
494
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
428
519.84
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
65.59
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
48.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.57
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
12.25
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
85.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
78.95
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
34.01
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
34.01
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
68.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.64
-1.99
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.15
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
219
265.99
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.26
2.26
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
65.59
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.43
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA