Shane Reynolds vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Shane Reynolds
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Shane Reynolds 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 4.09 and 1.332 for Shane Reynolds. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Shane Reynolds and Grant Thatcher

Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.53
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.4
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.57
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.48
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.29
54.29
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.15
91.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.09
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5375
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1791.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1935
9.72
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.96
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
2.1
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.19
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1403
7.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.05
7.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.017
1.017
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.19
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7610
38.23
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
895
4.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.43
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.2
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.76
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7026
35.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
35.27
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.23
38.23
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Shane Reynolds and Grant Thatcher

Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.53
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.4
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5375
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1791.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.61
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.44
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.09
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
2.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.84
97.84
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
1.338
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.15
91.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.12
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Shane Reynolds and Grant Thatcher

Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
278.18
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
660
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
546
496.36
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.464
0.464
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
70
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
51.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
13.64
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
18.18
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.29
17.54
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
97.27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
84.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
30.91
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
39.09
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
65.45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.15
6.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
12.73
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
247
224.55
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
88.18
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.91
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
7
6.36
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shane Reynolds
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA