Dale Thayer vs. Sean West — Career Comparison

Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sean West
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sean West 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 5.03 and 1.589 for Sean West. 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 Sean West

Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.76
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.76
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.61
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.47
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
8.55
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
10.38
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.07
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.04
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
3.83
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.62
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
6.23
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.109
1.109
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.118
1.118
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
37.26
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
41.06
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.72
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.67
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.29
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.96
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
953
34.08
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
36.03
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.06
41.06

Fielding Stats for Dale Thayer and Sean West

Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.76
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.76
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.97
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.88
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Thayer and Sean West

Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
22
347.37
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
536.84
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
2.95
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.02
-31.97
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
21
331.58
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean West
Career
Per 600 PA