Bernie Boland vs. Dick Ward — Career Comparison

Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Ward
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bernie Boland built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Ward as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Ward posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 3.25 and 1.278 for Bernie Boland. By the career numbers, Dick Ward had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Boland and Dick Ward

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
3.25
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
13.5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.66
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.5
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.08
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
43.5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.5
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
3.9
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
10.5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
39
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5

Fielding Stats for Bernie Boland and Dick Ward

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Boland and Dick Ward

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
351.22
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
600
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
327
531.71
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
73.17
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
58.54
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.32
21.67
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
91.06
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
123.58
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
47.15
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
65.04
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
16.01
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
83
134.96
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA