Ted Abernathy vs. Larry Dierker — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Abernathy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Dierker led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 102 vs 73), strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 95), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 91). Ted Abernathy held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 91). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Larry Dierker.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Larry Dierker

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.34
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.49
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.54
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.54
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.47
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.73
47.73
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.16
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
3.46
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3443
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1147.2
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
7.92
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2130
8.21
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.55
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.71
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
4.64
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.63
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
5.76
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4963
38.92
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.26
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513
4.02
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.18
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4296
33.69
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8828
34.05
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Larry Dierker

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.35
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3438
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.72
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.59
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.39
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
1.11
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.78
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.11
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.69
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.96
94.96
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Larry Dierker

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
681
2002.94
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
357
244.52
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
204
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
181
532.35
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
73.53
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
73.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.71
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.23
12.45
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.37
13.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
28
82.35
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
91.1
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
97.06
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.29
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
26.03
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
9
26.47
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.76
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
54.79
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
1.09
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.65
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
8.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
217.65
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
272
186.3
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
15
44.12
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.76
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
10.96
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA