Gerrit Cole vs. Larry Hardy — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gerrit Cole 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. Gerrit Cole posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.092 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Gerrit Cole had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Larry Hardy

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.64
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.37
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.67
65.67
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.27
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.17
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.14
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Larry Hardy

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Larry Hardy

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
320
671.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
526.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
86.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
21.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
100.7
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
35.66
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.18
12.97
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
234.97
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
2.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA