Vern Olsen vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Vern Olsen
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Vern Olsen 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. Vern Olsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.432 compared to 3.47 and 1.264 for Dale Thayer. By the career numbers, Vern Olsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Olsen and Dale Thayer

Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.95
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.52
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.45
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
3.47
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
547
9.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.35
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
3.51
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2247
39.19
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.56
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
3.94
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.57
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.432
1.432
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2051
35.77
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.19
39.19
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Vern Olsen and Dale Thayer

Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
27
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251.2
9
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.64
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.97
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.82
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.491
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.102
0.102
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Olsen and Dale Thayer

Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
113
364.52
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
169
545.16
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
125.81
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
103.23
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.23
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.95
45.01
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
154.84
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
161.29
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
51.61
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
45.16
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.52
50.08
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
35.48
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.45
8.45
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.35
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.23
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA