Britt Reames vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Britt Reames
Gen XSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Britt Reames 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 5.28 and 1.628 for Britt Reames. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Britt Reames and Grant Thatcher

Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.07
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.54
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.74
25.74
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
5.28
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.33
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
4.87
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
8.42
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.477
1.477
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.33
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
986
40.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.62
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
5.99
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.95
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.578
1.578
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842
34.76
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.71
40.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Britt Reames and Grant Thatcher

Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.07
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.57
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.94
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.94
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.465
0.465
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.74
25.74
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.21
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Britt Reames and Grant Thatcher

Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
1261.22
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
477.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.03
24.85
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
97.96
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.3
15.9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
11
134.69
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
4.45
4.45
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Britt Reames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Britt Reames
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA