Allen Ripley vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Allen Ripley
Baby BoomersMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Allen Ripley 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 4.52 and 1.488 for Allen Ripley. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Allen Ripley and Grant Thatcher

Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.96
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.52
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
46
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.34
66.34
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
4.52
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
10.11
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.11
10.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.89
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
2.87
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
4.45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.813
0.813
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.43
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2012
39.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
4.97
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.52
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.35
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.443
1.443
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1804
35.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.05
39.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Allen Ripley and Grant Thatcher

Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.96
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.62
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.4
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
2.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.34
66.34
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Allen Ripley and Grant Thatcher

Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
522.41
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
558.62
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
77.59
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
72.41
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.96
10.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
87.93
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
82.76
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
25.86
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
25.86
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
51.72
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.82
-4.25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
29
150
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Allen Ripley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
36.21
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.52
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Allen Ripley
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA