Larry Dierker vs. Jay Howell — Career Comparison

Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jay Howell
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Jay Howell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jay Howell led in home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 91), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 104), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 102 vs 98). Larry Dierker held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 103). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jay Howell.

Pitching Stats for Larry Dierker and Jay Howell

Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
6.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.22
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.54
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.47
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.56
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.25
52.25
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.65
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
3.34
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2534
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
844.2
9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
782
8.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.71
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.61
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
3.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.4
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
5.76
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
7.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.33
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3564
37.97
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.84
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
948
3.66
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
3.57
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.38
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.36
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.52
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8828
34.05
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3184
33.93
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Larry Dierker and Jay Howell

Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
6.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.22
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2534
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
844.2
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.59
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.11
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.19
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.78
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.95
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.69
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.86
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.63
95.63
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Dierker and Jay Howell

Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
357
244.52
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
568
28400
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
450
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
73.29
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
60.96
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.37
13.27
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.6
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
91.1
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
82.19
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
26.03
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
54.79
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.8
-1.92
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.53
-26.31
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
8.22
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
272
186.3
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
3.22
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
47.95
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA