Bob Barr vs. Larry Dierker — Career Comparison

Bob Barr
Pre-GenerationalDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaRochester BroncosAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Barr 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 3.85 and 1.372 for Bob Barr. By the career numbers, Larry Dierker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Barr and Larry Dierker

Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
1.08
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.37
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
1.03
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.54
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.66
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.47
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.6
95.6
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.42
92.42
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.96
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.41
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
3.85
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3985
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1328.1
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1460
9.89
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.21
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.71
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.46
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
2.74
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
588
3.98
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1493
5.76
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.716
0.716
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.944
0.944
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.72
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.4
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.24
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5914
40.07
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
938
6.36
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.372
1.372
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5516
37.37
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8828
34.05
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.07
40.07
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Bob Barr and Larry Dierker

Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
1.15
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.37
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4374
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1458
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.59
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.11
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.45
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
2.91
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
462
1.78
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
2.46
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.69
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.5
84.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.128
2.128
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.233
1.233
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Barr and Larry Dierker

Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
179
160.3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
244.52
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
670
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
633
566.87
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
789
540.41
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
104.78
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
107
73.29
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
83.28
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.54
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
14
9.59
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.37
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.58
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.74
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
21.49
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
18
12.33
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.36
34.36
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
19.37
13.27
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
138.81
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
133
91.1
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
137.91
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
54.63
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
38
26.03
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
17
15.22
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
66.27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
54.79
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.85
33.89
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.37
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
27.76
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
12
8.22
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
23.28
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
272
186.3
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.77
25.77
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
3.22
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.19
1.19
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA