Dale Thayer vs. Ed Walsh Jr. — Career Comparison

Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ed Walsh Jr.
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ed Walsh Jr. 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.264 compared to 5.57 and 1.656 for Ed Walsh Jr.. By the career numbers, Dale Thayer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dale Thayer and Ed Walsh Jr.

Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
2.15
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.03
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.39
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.61
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.65
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.43
31.43
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.1
48.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
5.57
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
10.85
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.85
10.85
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.6
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
4.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
2.91
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.38
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.35
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1558
42.36
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.79
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
6.2
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.57
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.656
1.656
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1396
37.96
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.36
42.36

Fielding Stats for Dale Thayer and Ed Walsh Jr.

Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
27
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251.2
9
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.64
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.97
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.7
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.102
0.102
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.076
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Thayer and Ed Walsh Jr.

Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
82
406.61
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
550.41
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
119.01
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
94.21
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.83
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.17
40.51
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
148.76
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
153.72
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
54.55
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
89.26
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.86
43.92
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
128.93
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.65
4.65
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.88
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Walsh Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA