Jose Rijo vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Jose Rijo
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jose Rijo 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 3.24 and 1.280 for Jose Rijo. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Rijo and Grant Thatcher

Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
1.8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.56
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.44
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.04
56.04
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.54
71.54
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
676
3.24
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5640
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1880
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1710
8.19
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
0.7
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
663
3.17
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.16
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1606
7.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.14
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7867
37.66
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.21
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
3.7
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
4.38
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.39
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.22
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.57
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7050
33.75
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.66
37.66
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Jose Rijo and Grant Thatcher

Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
1.8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5640
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1880
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.19
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.94
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
1.88
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.043
1.043
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.54
71.54
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Rijo and Grant Thatcher

Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
377
442.66
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
511
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
445
522.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
99.8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
82.19
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
15.26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.35
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
17.61
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.85
24.48
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
122.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
109.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.312
0.312
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
29.35
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
34.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
61.06
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.6
23.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
9.39
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
101
118.59
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
5.06
5.06
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
68.1
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.7
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.35
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.52
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Rijo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA