Billy Ripken vs. Moe Thacker — Career Comparison

Billy Ripken
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueSecond Baseman
Moe Thacker
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueCatcher

On the career numbers, Billy Ripken posted the stronger offensive profile against Moe Thacker. Billy Ripken posted stronger numbers in OPS (.613 vs .536) and slugging (.318 vs .227). Moe Thacker had the advantage in on-base percentage (.309 vs .295). By the career numbers, Billy Ripken had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Ripken and Moe Thacker

Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
912
181.49
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
312.87
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3015
600
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
303
600
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2729
543.08
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
260
514.85
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.557
0.557
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
674
134.13
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
46
91.09
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
527
104.88
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
37
73.27
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
24.08
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.86
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.19
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
3.98
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.96
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
29.25
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
17.82
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Moe Thacker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Moe Thacker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244.15
48.59
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
18.41
36.45
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
867
172.54
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.83
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
866
172.34
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
174.26
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
287
57.11
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
39.6
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
45.57
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
39.6
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
98.71
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
38
75.25
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266.37
53.01
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
17.66
34.97
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
3.58
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.96
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
174
34.63
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
79.21
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.6
Moe Thacker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
15.84
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
332
66.07
Moe Thacker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
160.4
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.08
9.08
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.74
3.74
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
14.33
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.38
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.98
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
81
16.12
Moe Thacker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.86
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
4.98
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.98
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
3.18
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.96
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
8.16
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.94
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.98
60.98
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33

Fielding Stats for Billy Ripken and Moe Thacker

Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
916
1.17
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.71
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808
1.03
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.95
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21212
27
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2394
27
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7070.2
9
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
9
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1670
2.13
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
499
5.63
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2395
3.05
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.78
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.08
Moe Thacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4126
5.25
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
6.51
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4065
5.17
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
6.41
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.52
98.52
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.44
98.44
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.438
4.438
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.737
3.737
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.21
88.21
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.26
55.26
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
0.73
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Moe Thacker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Moe Thacker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.44