Grant Thatcher vs. Tom Underwood — Career Comparison

Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Underwood
Baby BoomersIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Underwood 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 3.89 and 1.421 for Tom Underwood. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Thatcher and Tom Underwood

Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
2.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.49
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.49
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.71
49.71
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.56
53.56
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
685
3.89
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4758
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1586
9
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1554
8.82
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.74
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
3.76
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.22
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
5.38
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.015
1.015
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.35
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6814
38.67
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.39
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
4.38
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
4.38
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.45
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.93
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.397
1.397
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5994
34.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67

Fielding Stats for Grant Thatcher and Tom Underwood

Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
2.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4758
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1586
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.28
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.02
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.3
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.8
89.8
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.604
0.604
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.56
53.56
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Thatcher and Tom Underwood

Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
1273.74
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
516.2
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
60.34
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
53.63
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.7
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.7
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.35
7.87
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
67.04
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
93.85
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
33.52
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
53.63
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
87.15
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.99
-6.67
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
33.52
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
45
150.84
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
43.58
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.7
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
7
23.46
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA