Eli Cates vs. Larry Hardy — Career Comparison

Eli Cates
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eli Cates 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. Eli Cates posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.53 and WHIP 1.267 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Eli Cates had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eli Cates and Larry Hardy

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.79
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
8.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.61
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
462
36.58
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
33.97
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.58
36.58
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29

Fielding Stats for Eli Cates and Larry Hardy

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.55
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.86
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.36
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.94
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.32
90.32
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.546
2.546
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eli Cates and Larry Hardy

Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
40
338.03
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
498.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
92.96
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
76.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
36.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
152.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
67.61
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.76
40.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
5.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA