Lefty Boone vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Lefty Boone
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Lefty Boone and Rich Hill are fairly close on the surface numbers. Rich Hill posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.02 vs 5.87) and WHIP (1.278 vs 1.638). Lefty Boone had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.2 per nine innings vs 1.12). By the career numbers, Rich Hill had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Boone and Rich Hill

Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.22
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.83
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.59
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.48
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.43
64.43
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.39
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
5.87
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
4.02
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
9.13
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
5.61
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.5
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
8.93
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.616
1.616
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.72
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.51
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
641
41.8
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
7.3
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.3
7.3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.25
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.638
1.638
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
35.15
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.8
41.8
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Lefty Boone and Rich Hill

Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.22
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.83
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.59
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.3
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.93
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.09
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.27
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.17
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.88
71.88
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.677
0.677
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.43
64.43
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Boone and Rich Hill

Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
35
362.07
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
52
537.93
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
560.58
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.5
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
52.55
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.35
14
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.51
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
74.45
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
28.47
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
37.23
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
2.57
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-12.55
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.57
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
58
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
2.47
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
26.28
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA