Dewey Adkins vs. Larry Dierker — Career Comparison

Dewey Adkins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows 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 Dewey Adkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Dierker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 5.64 and 1.657 for Dewey Adkins. By the career numbers, Larry Dierker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dewey Adkins and Larry Dierker

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.45
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.54
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.47
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
10.36
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.91
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.71
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.55
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
4.27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1493
5.76
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
41
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.73
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.27
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.657
1.657
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
36.45
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8828
34.05
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Dewey Adkins and Larry Dierker

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.37
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7002
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2334
9
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.59
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.11
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.78
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.69
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dewey Adkins and Larry Dierker

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
991.3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
244.52
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
789
540.41
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
73.29
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
9.59
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.74
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
12.33
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
57.31
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.37
13.27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
91.1
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
26.03
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
31.51
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
54.79
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
53.75
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.22
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
260.87
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
272
186.3
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA