Joe Decker vs. Rick DeHart — Career Comparison

Joe Decker
Baby BoomersIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rick DeHart
Gen XKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Decker built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick DeHart as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Decker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.17 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 6.14 and 1.889 for Rick DeHart. By the career numbers, Joe Decker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Decker and Rick DeHart

Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.93
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
8
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.33
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.46
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.56
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.08
69.08
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.17
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
6.14
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2130
27
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
710
9
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
8.9
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
11.57
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.86
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
4.78
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.57
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
5.81
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
6.43
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.176
1.176
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.47
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3125
39.61
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
42.71
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.27
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.14
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
4.6
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.57
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.57
7.57
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.42
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.32
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.66
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.794
1.794
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2679
33.96
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
37.14
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.71
42.71

Fielding Stats for Joe Decker and Rick DeHart

Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.92
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
8
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.33
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2133
27
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
711
9
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.73
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.14
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.1
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
1.94
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.14
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.84
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.14
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.77
94.77
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.954
0.954
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.08
69.08
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Decker and Rick DeHart

Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
1669.09
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
11200
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
600
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
501.82
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
87.27
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
54.55
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.82
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
36.71
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
141.82
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
120
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
54.55
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
76.36
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
31.38
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-66.4
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
240
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
65.45
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA