Yu Darvish vs. Larry Hardy — Career Comparison

Yu Darvish
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Yu Darvish 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. Yu Darvish posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.142 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Yu Darvish had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Yu Darvish and Larry Hardy

Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.58
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.47
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.29
55.29
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.65
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5334
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1778
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1460
7.39
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
1.17
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
2.85
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
10.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.5
10.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.99
6.99
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.42
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.42
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7305
36.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
756
3.83
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.24
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
0.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6597
33.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.98
36.98
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29

Fielding Stats for Yu Darvish and Larry Hardy

Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5334
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1778
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.69
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Yu Darvish and Larry Hardy

Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
297
1080
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
165
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
552.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
54.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
36.36
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.95
10.74
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
80
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
69.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
29.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-4.51
-16.4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
301.82
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.99
1.99
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
29.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.55
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA