Pat Caraway vs. Larry Hardy — Career Comparison

Pat Caraway
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat Caraway built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry Hardy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Hardy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.29 and WHIP 1.929 compared to 5.35 and 1.542 for Pat Caraway. By the career numbers, Larry Hardy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Caraway and Larry Hardy

Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.75
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.41
57.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
5.35
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.29
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.29
5.29
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1434
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
10.21
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.21
10.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.64
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.67
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
2.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.724
0.724
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.24
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2154
40.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.56
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
6.18
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
5.93
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.542
1.542
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
36.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.56
40.56
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29

Fielding Stats for Pat Caraway and Larry Hardy

Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
27
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
9
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.194
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Caraway and Larry Hardy

Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
373.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
538.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
96
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
65.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.86
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
30.86
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.39
28.75
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
133.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
116.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
54.86
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
113.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.73
26.52
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
89.14
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.73
6.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
41.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA