Steve Barr vs. Harry Gardner — Career Comparison

Steve Barr
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Gardner
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Barr built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Gardner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Gardner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.46 and WHIP 1.488 compared to 5.16 and 1.745 for Steve Barr. By the career numbers, Harry Gardner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Barr and Harry Gardner

Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
2.58
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.98
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.4
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.75
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.17
54.17
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
5.16
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.46
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
27
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.2
9
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
9.47
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
8.93
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.18
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
6.13
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.46
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
3.44
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.1
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.064
1.064
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.75
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
41.52
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
40.18
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.91
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
6.88
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.59
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.59
6.59
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.97
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.488
1.488
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
34.75
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
35.29
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.52
41.52
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.18
40.18

Fielding Stats for Steve Barr and Harry Gardner

Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.58
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.4
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
27
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.2
9
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.83
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.47
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.04
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.61
82.61
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.17
54.17
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Barr and Harry Gardner

Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
35.4
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
34.52
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA