Trent Thornton vs. Wally Whitehurst — Career Comparison

Trent Thornton
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wally Whitehurst
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Wally Whitehurst built a career as a starting pitcher and Trent Thornton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Wally Whitehurst led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 148 vs 121), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 91), and home run suppression (HR9+ 92 vs 81). Role difference aside, Wally Whitehurst holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Trent Thornton and Wally Whitehurst

Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.27
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
3.01
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.81
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.22
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.37
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.43
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.68
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.42
42.42
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.09
35.09
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.32
15.32
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.49
40.49
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
4.38
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.02
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1463
27
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487.2
9
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
8.96
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
9.69
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.39
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.79
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
3.05
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.4
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.35
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
8.51
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
5.78
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.908
0.908
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.28
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.43
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1714
38.47
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
38.29
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.88
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.63
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
4.83
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.36
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.28
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.72
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.83
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.334
1.334
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.343
1.343
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1538
34.52
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1894
34.95
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.47
38.47
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.29
38.29

Fielding Stats for Trent Thornton and Wally Whitehurst

Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.27
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
3.01
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.81
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.22
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1463
27
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487.2
9
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.55
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.54
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.48
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.94
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.14
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.88
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.03
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.166
0.166
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.675
0.675
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.32
15.32
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.49
40.49
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Trent Thornton and Wally Whitehurst

Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
47000
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
163
740.91
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
486.36
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
72.73
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
63.64
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
255.07
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.37
15.31
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
81.82
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
104.55
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
22.73
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
36.36
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
243.7
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.48
11.27
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.82
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
31
140.91
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.26
4.26
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
81.82
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Trent Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0