Ed Sprague vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Ed Sprague
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Dale Thayer a clear advantage over Ed Sprague across the core pitching metrics. Dale Thayer led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 76), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 79), and strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 65). Ed Sprague held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 100 vs 91). Dale Thayer was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ed Sprague and Dale Thayer

Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
4.37
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.51
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.39
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.51
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.5
42.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.62
11.62
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.2
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
3.84
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1224
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
8.96
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.6
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
4.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.66
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.46
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
4.15
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.966
0.966
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
39.64
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.41
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.59
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.31
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.33
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.66
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1545
34.08
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.64
39.64
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Ed Sprague and Dale Thayer

Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
4.36
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.51
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1225
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408.1
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.54
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.6
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.34
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.83
89.83
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.62
11.62
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Sprague and Dale Thayer

Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
198
4752
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
528
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
1.46
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.79
-43.07
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
13
312
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
1.92
1.92
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA