Ian Kennedy vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Ian Kennedy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ian Kennedy 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 92), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 91), and home run suppression (HR9+ 91 vs 72). Ian Kennedy held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 95). Role difference aside, Dale Thayer holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ian Kennedy and Dale Thayer

Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
2.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.37
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.49
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.71
47.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.35
58.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
881
4.16
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5713
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1904.1
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1806
8.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
8.55
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
1.32
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.07
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
647
3.06
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.13
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1775
8.39
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
7.62
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.109
1.109
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.38
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8100
38.28
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.59
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
948
4.48
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.33
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.26
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.57
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.288
1.288
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7244
34.24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.28
38.28
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Ian Kennedy and Dale Thayer

Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
2.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.37
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5713
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1904.1
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.44
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.73
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
1.22
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.17
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.75
95.75
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.499
0.499
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.35
58.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ian Kennedy and Dale Thayer

Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
751.88
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
399
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
482.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.489
0.489
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
63.16
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
43.61
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.54
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.55
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.99
21.04
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
87.22
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
114.29
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
31.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
27.07
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
57.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.38
14.11
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
49.62
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
154
231.58
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
2.59
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
63.16
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.01
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.51
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA