Jason Adam vs. Larry Dierker — Career Comparison

Jason Adam
MillenialNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Adam as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jason Adam led in run prevention (ERA+ 198 vs 104), home run suppression (HR9+ 147 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 126 vs 98). Role difference aside, Jason Adam holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jason Adam and Larry Dierker

Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
9.16
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.73
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.54
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.4
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.47
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.05
53.05
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.64
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.69
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
3.31
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.186
0.186
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1005
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
5.91
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2130
8.21
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.91
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.71
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
3.33
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.48
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
5.76
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.38
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.89
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
36.32
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9661
37.26
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.07
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
3.09
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
948
3.66
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.027
1.027
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1183
31.78
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8828
34.05
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.32
36.32
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Jason Adam and Larry Dierker

Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
9.16
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1005
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.46
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.59
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.73
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.11
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.24
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.78
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.18
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.69
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.129
0.129
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Adam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Adam and Larry Dierker

Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
341
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
244.52
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
876
600
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
73.29
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
60.96
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.37
13.27
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
91.1
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
82.19
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
26.03
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.79
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.8
-1.92
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.22
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
272
186.3
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Jason Adam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Adam
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA