Kirk Rueter vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Kirk Rueter
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kirk Rueter 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 4.27 and 1.416 for Kirk Rueter. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirk Rueter and Grant Thatcher

Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.58
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.61
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.43
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.56
58.56
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.82
98.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
911
4.27
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2092
9.82
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.82
9.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.03
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
2.73
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.19
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
3.84
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.12
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8210
38.52
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1004
4.71
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.44
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.28
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7450
34.96
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Kirk Rueter and Grant Thatcher

Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.58
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.63
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
2.06
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
2.73
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.43
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
2.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.19
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.8
98.8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.82
98.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.25
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirk Rueter and Grant Thatcher

Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
282.97
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
740
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
622
504.32
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
77.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
69.73
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
7.3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
7.3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.76
14.4
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
84.32
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
98.92
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
35.68
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
32.43
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
68.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.98
9.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
21.89
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
85.14
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.05
7.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
69.73
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.3
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA