Schoolboy Rowe vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Schoolboy Rowe
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Schoolboy Rowe 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 3.87 and 1.302 for Schoolboy Rowe. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Schoolboy Rowe and Grant Thatcher

Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
0.64
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.41
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
61
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.77
72.77
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
0.56
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
955
3.87
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6658
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2219.1
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
9.46
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.46
9.46
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.54
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
2.26
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
3.7
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.663
0.663
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.11
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9398
38.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1075
4.36
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
4.38
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.302
1.302
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8813
35.74
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
35.27
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.11
38.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Schoolboy Rowe and Grant Thatcher

Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.22
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
27
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
532
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.37
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.356
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Schoolboy Rowe and Grant Thatcher

Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
288.26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1022
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
909
533.66
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.728
0.728
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
140.31
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
103.33
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
21.14
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.28
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
10.57
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
36.99
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115.65
67.9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1.05
39.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
203.72
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
150
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
191.98
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
150
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
68.1
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
89.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
147.36
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124.87
73.31
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1.02
38.14
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
50.49
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
92.17
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.51
6.51
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
14.68
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
12
7.05
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.76
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.17
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.94
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Schoolboy Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA