Bill Long vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Bill Long
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Long 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. Bill Long led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 176 vs 132), home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 100 vs 99). Dale Thayer held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 71). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bill Long.

Pitching Stats for Bill Long and Dale Thayer

Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
2.76
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.37
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9.86
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.09
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.07
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.43
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
4.29
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2216
38.45
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.73
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
4.79
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.78
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.365
1.365
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
35.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Bill Long and Dale Thayer

Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
2.76
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.66
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.37
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.03
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
96.43
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.736
0.736
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Long and Dale Thayer

Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
159
15900
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
500
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
2.15
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.23
-22.96
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA