Ty Buttrey vs. Larry Dierker — Career Comparison

Ty Buttrey
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Ty Buttrey 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 4.3 and 1.322 for Ty Buttrey. By the career numbers, Larry Dierker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ty Buttrey and Larry Dierker

Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.63
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.54
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.86
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.47
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.86
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
4.3
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
8.77
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.77
8.77
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.94
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.71
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
2.9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
9.55
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
5.76
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.383
1.383
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.4
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
38.43
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.88
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
4.62
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.47
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
34.51
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8828
34.05
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.43
38.43
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Ty Buttrey and Larry Dierker

Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.63
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.59
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.11
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.78
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.69
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.148
0.148
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ty Buttrey and Larry Dierker

Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
115
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
244.52
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
876
600
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
73.29
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
60.96
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.37
13.27
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
91.1
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
82.19
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
26.03
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.79
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.8
-1.92
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.22
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
272
186.3
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Ty Buttrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ty Buttrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA