Dale Thayer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 210lb (183cm, 95kg)

Born: December 17, 1980 in Fountain Valley, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 47th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Edison HS (Huntington Beach, CA).

High School: Edison HS (Huntington Beach, CA)

School: California State University, Chico (Chico, CA)

Debut: May 22, 2009 (Age 28-156d, 19,547th in major league history)
vs. FLA 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, Sv

Last Game: August 10, 2015 (Age 34-236d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season

Agents: O'Connell Sports Management

Full Name: Dale Scott Thayer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

ERA

3.47

264

251.2

213

WHIP

1.212

Summary of 30 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 3 tying, 7 go ahead

2 Tms
SDP	26
TBR	4

Platoon
vs LHB	16
vs RHB	14

Home/Road
Home	18
Away	12

Outs
1	11
2	10
0	9

17 Opps
COL	5
SFG	5
CHC	3
NYY	2
LAD	2
MIA	2
ARI	1
MIN	1
TBR	1
TEX	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
BOS	1
WSN	1
MIL	1
TOR	1

30 Batters
Cliff Pennington	1
Brandon Belt	1
Todd Helton	1
Héctor Sánchez	1
Taylor Green	1
Yasiel Puig	1
Pablo Sandoval	1
Garrett Jones	1
Austin Romine	1
Brandon Crawford	1
Kevin Youkilis	1
Justin Morneau	1
James Loney	1
Buster Posey	1
Christian Yelich	1
Ian Kinsler	1
Drew Stubbs	1
Corey Dickerson	1
Mike Nickeas	1
J.P. Arencibia	1
Jason Heyward	1
Addison Russell	1
David DeJesus	1
Bryce Harper	1
Darwin Barney	1
Trevor Plouffe	1
Hanley Ramírez	1
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Juan Miranda	1
Wilin Rosario	1

11 Parks
Petco Pk (SAN)	17
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
9	9
7	7
89	5
78	5
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	7
2	5
1	4
3	4
7+	4
6	3
5	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	30

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	7
123	2
-2-	2
1-3	2

49 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	17
1 on	9
2 on	2
3 on	2
Any on	13

Inning
4	1
6	4
7	7
8	10
9	5
Extra	3

4-6	5
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	1
+2	1
+1	2
Tied	7
-1	1
-2	4
-4..	6

Ahead	12
Tied	7
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	5
1-2	4
0-0	4
2-1	4
0-1	4
0-2	3
2-2	3
1-0	1
1-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	6
1B	5
RF	4
PH	3
2B	3
CF	3
3B	3
SS	2
LF	1

OrderPos
5th	4
9th	4
2nd	4
3rd	3
7th	3
1st	3
4th	3
8th	3
6th	3

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	3
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2009-09-12	Kevin Youkilis	BOS		TBR	ahead 8-0	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	2009-09-26	Ian Kinsler	TEX		TBR	ahead 12-3	b 6	0	---	4,(1-2) ......CFBX	1	6	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2009-10-02	Juan Miranda	NYY	@	TBR	behind 1-12	t 8	0	1--	7,(3-2) SFBF*BBX	2	1	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Molina Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2010-08-07	J.P. Arencibia	TOR		TBR	ahead 13-5	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2012-05-26	Mike Nickeas	NYM		SDP	ahead 5-0	b 8	2	123	2,(0-1) F.X	4	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); I. Davis Scores; V. Rottino Scores; K. Nieuwenhuis Scores
6	6	2	1	2012-05-30	Darwin Barney	CHC		SDP	tied 6-6	b 9	2	1--	6,(1-2) BCC>FFX	2	7	4	44%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. LaHair Scores
7	7	3	1	2012-06-08	Taylor Green	MIL		SDP	ahead 7-3	b 7	1	1--	3,(0-2) .FSX	2	6	PH	2%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); A. Ramírez Scores
8	8	4	1	2012-08-21	Garrett Jones	PIT	@	SDP	behind 3-5	t 9	2	1--	3,(2-0) *BBX	2	5	3	38%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); N. Walker Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2013-04-14	Todd Helton	COL	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 7	1	-2-	4,(2-1) .CBBX	2	9	PH	29%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Nelson Scores
10	10	2	1	2013-04-30	David DeJesus	CHC		SDP	behind 4-10	b 7	0	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	1	8	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	3	1	2013-05-12	James Loney	TBR		SDP	ahead 3-2	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) CBBSBX	1	5	3	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
12	12	4	1	2013-06-06	Wilin Rosario	COL		SDP	behind 3-5	b 8	2	1--	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	7	2	41%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Pacheco Scores
13	13	5	1	2013-06-10	Jason Heyward	ATL	@	SDP	behind 5-7	t 9	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	9	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
14	14	6	1	2013-08-04	Austin Romine	NYY	@	SDP	behind 2-6	t 7	1	---	7,(2-2) CSBBFFX	1	8	2	3%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	7	1	2013-09-01	Yasiel Puig	LAD		SDP	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	20%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	8	1	2013-09-04	Pablo Sandoval	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 10-5	t 9	2	1-3	4,(2-1) BSBX	3	5	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Arias Scores; H. Pence Scores
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2014-05-08	Giancarlo Stanton	MIA	@	SDP	tied 1-1	t 11	2	1--	3,(0-2) CSX	2	3	9	49%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Dietrich Scores/unER; G. Stanton Scores/unER
18	18	2	1	2014-05-11	Christian Yelich	MIA	@	SDP	behind 0-5	t 8	0	---	7,(3-2) BFBFBFX	1	1	8	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
19	19	3	1	2014-05-18	Justin Morneau	COL		SDP	tied 6-6	b 10	2	1--	6,(3-2) BBTBF>X	2	6	3	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. González Scores
20	20	4	1	2014-05-21	Trevor Plouffe	MIN	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 8	2	---	9,(3-2) FBCBFBFFX	1	3	5	13%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	5	1	2014-07-05	Brandon Belt	SFG	@	SDP	tied 3-3	t 10	0	-2-	5,(2-2) FBFBX	2	2	3	27%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); H. Pence Scores
22	22	6	1	2014-08-12	Corey Dickerson	COL	@	SDP	behind 0-4	t 9	1	---	4,(0-2) FSFX	1	5	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	7	1	2014-08-24	Cliff Pennington	ARI		SDP	behind 3-7	b 8	1	---	5,(2-2) .CBFBX	1	9	PH	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	8	1	2014-08-29	Hanley Ramírez	LAD	@	SDP	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	2	6	28%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	9	1	2014-09-23	Drew Stubbs	COL	@	SDP	tied 2-2	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	2	8	28%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	2015-04-12	Buster Posey	SFG	@	SDP	behind 3-5	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	2	11%	22%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	2	1	2015-05-17	Bryce Harper	WSN	@	SDP	ahead 7-3	t 7	1	1-3	5,(1-2) SFBFX	3	4	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); I. Desmond Scores; Y. Escobar Scores
28	28	3	1	2015-05-21	Addison Russell	CHC	@	SDP	ahead 2-0	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	9	4	7%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
29	29	4	1	2015-07-21	Héctor Sánchez	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 5-0	t 6	1	123	2,(0-1) FX	4	8	2	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Pence Scores; B. Crawford Scores; G. Blanco Scores
30	30	5	1	2015-07-22	Brandon Crawford	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 4-1	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	7	6	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)