Grant Thatcher vs. Frank Viola — Career Comparison

Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Frank Viola
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Frank Viola 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 3.73 and 1.315 for Frank Viola. 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 Frank Viola

Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.34
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
0.56
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.48
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.99
53.99
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.23
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1175
3.73
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2827
8.97
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.97
8.97
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
0.93
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
864
2.74
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.12
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1844
5.85
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.955
0.955
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.27
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.15
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11933
37.86
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
4.38
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.28
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.68
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10870
34.49
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Grant Thatcher and Frank Viola

Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.34
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
1.18
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.1
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
1.55
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.44
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.43
93.43
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.081
1.081
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.06
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Thatcher and Frank Viola

Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
421
1202.86
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
528.57
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
74.29
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
65.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.01
11.46
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
22.86
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
17.14
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.93
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
41
117.14
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
5.12
5.12
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
62.86
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA