Albert Davis vs. Dick Hoover — Career Comparison

Albert Davis
UnknownThrows RightDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Albert Davis built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Hoover as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Albert Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.92 and WHIP 1.439 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Albert Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Albert Davis and Dick Hoover

Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.56
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.5
67.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.61
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.92
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1382
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460.2
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
10.49
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.49
10.49
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.64
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.46
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.525
0.525
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.643
0.643
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2053
40.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
6.31
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.27
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.439
1.439
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1845
36.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14

Fielding Stats for Albert Davis and Dick Hoover

Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.56
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1452
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
2.96
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.21
95.21
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.893
1.893
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.86
67.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Albert Davis and Dick Hoover

Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
238.98
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
554.24
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.669
0.669
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
150
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
119.49
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.51
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
58.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
190.68
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
175.42
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
55.93
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
58.47
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
111.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.64
67.73
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.34
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.34
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA