Dale Thayer vs. Josh Towers — Career Comparison

Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Josh Towers
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Josh Towers built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Thayer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dale Thayer led in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 100), strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 78), and home run suppression (HR9+ 91 vs 89). Josh Towers held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 208 vs 132). Role difference aside, Dale Thayer holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dale Thayer and Josh Towers

Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.38
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.55
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.61
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.68
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.58
80.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
402
4.95
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2194
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731.1
9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
887
10.92
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.07
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.5
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
2.36
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.51
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389
4.79
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.43
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3158
38.86
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
5.43
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.84
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2960
36.43
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.86
38.86

Fielding Stats for Dale Thayer and Josh Towers

Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.38
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2194
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731.1
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.29
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
2.44
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
2.34
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.96
95.96
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.58
80.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Thayer and Josh Towers

Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
139
4633.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
533.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.23
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.24
-41.21
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Towers
Career
Per 600 PA