Chuck Rainey vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Chuck Rainey
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chuck Rainey built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Thatcher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Grant Thatcher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.378 compared to 4.5 and 1.553 for Chuck Rainey. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chuck Rainey and Grant Thatcher

Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.89
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.42
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.58
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.13
55.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.18
75.18
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
4.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2009
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
9.92
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.71
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
3.86
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
4.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.3
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2950
39.65
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
5.15
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.4
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.1
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.531
1.531
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2599
34.93
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.65
39.65
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Chuck Rainey and Grant Thatcher

Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.89
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.42
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2009
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
1.49
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.17
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.7
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.43
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
2.53
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.19
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.18
75.18
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chuck Rainey and Grant Thatcher

Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
798.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
492.45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.443
0.443
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
67.92
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
67.92
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.65
14.98
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
67.92
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
113.21
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
33.96
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.98
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
50.94
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.24
12.66
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
45.28
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
32
181.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
3.31
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Chuck Rainey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
62.26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Rainey
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA