Jake Brentz vs. Larry Dierker — Career Comparison

Jake Brentz
MillenialMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Brentz 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 5.19 and 1.500 for Jake Brentz. By the career numbers, Larry Dierker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Brentz and Larry Dierker

Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
10.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.65
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.54
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.65
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.47
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
5.19
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
7.27
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2130
8.21
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.71
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
11.03
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
5.76
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.03
11.03
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.904
1.904
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.3
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.4
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
41.02
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.43
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.486
1.486
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
33.23
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8828
34.05
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.02
41.02
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Jake Brentz and Larry Dierker

Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
10.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.59
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.11
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.17
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.78
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.17
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.69
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.113
0.113
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Brentz and Larry Dierker

Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
48000
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
244.52
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
73.29
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
60.96
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.37
13.27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
91.1
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
26.03
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.79
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
205.73
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
8.22
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
272
186.3
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA