Kevin Appier vs. Dick Hoover — Career Comparison

Kevin Appier
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kevin Appier built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Hoover as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kevin Appier posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.314 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Kevin Appier had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Appier and Dick Hoover

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.44
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.48
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.23
55.23
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1078
3.74
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7786
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2595.1
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
8.41
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.8
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
3.24
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.18
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1994
6.91
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.128
1.128
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.37
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.27
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10958
38
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1168
4.05
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.25
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.72
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9807
34.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14

Fielding Stats for Kevin Appier and Dick Hoover

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
1.44
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7786
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2595.1
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.7
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.78
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.52
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.48
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.27
97.27
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Appier and Dick Hoover

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
414
2760
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
553.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
53.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
53.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
5.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
53.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
53.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.46
-16.42
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
39
260
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
2.31
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
33.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA