Grant Thatcher vs. Bill Upham — Career Comparison

Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Upham
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBrooklyn Tip-TopsFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Upham 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 3.37 and 1.398 for Bill Upham. 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 Bill Upham

Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.83
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.44
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.11
36.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
3.37
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
425
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
9.97
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.97
9.97
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.43
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.671
0.671
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
38.12
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.08
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
4.51
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
35.27
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
35.51
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Grant Thatcher and Bill Upham

Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.22
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
27
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.16
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.639
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Thatcher and Bill Upham

Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
450
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
15
562.5
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
562.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
75
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
62.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.39
17.43
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
87.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
112.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
7.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
14
175
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
3.43
3.43
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA