Bill McCall vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Bill McCall
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill McCall 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.264 compared to 3.97 and 1.271 for Bill McCall. By the career numbers, Dale Thayer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill McCall and Dale Thayer

Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.61
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.96
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.62
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.61
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.82
59.82
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.6
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
3.97
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1879
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
626.1
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
8.65
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
2.79
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
4.9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.854
0.854
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.22
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2185
31.4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
37.26
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.37
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
4.9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.95
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.55
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.57
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.271
1.271
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1910
27.45
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
953
34.08
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.4
31.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Bill McCall and Dale Thayer

Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
1.97
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.68
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.08
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.15
94.15
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.566
1.566
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.18
60.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill McCall and Dale Thayer

Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
116
267.69
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
237
546.92
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
117.69
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
103.85
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.54
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
13.85
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.75
36.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
133.85
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
152.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
48.46
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
36.92
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
85.38
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.55
42.8
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
32.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
260
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
18.46
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA