Dick Joyce vs. Thad Weber — Career Comparison

Dick Joyce
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Thad Weber
MillenialNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Joyce built a career as a starting pitcher and Thad Weber as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Joyce posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.77 and WHIP 1.231 compared to 3.79 and 1.684 for Thad Weber. By the career numbers, Dick Joyce had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Joyce and Thad Weber

Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.46
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.74
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.77
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.79
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.31
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
10.42
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.77
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
4.74
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
4.85
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.21
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
38.08
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
40.26
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.84
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.85
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.26
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.89
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
35.31
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
34.58
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.26
40.26

Fielding Stats for Dick Joyce and Thad Weber

Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.46
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.74
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.89
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.32
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.84
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Joyce and Thad Weber

Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
5
750
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-64.8
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.3
-60
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Thad Weber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Joyce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Joyce
Career
Per 600 PA
Thad Weber
Career
Per 600 PA