Larry Dierker vs. Ron Locke — Career Comparison

Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Locke
Silent GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Locke as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Dierker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 3.48 and 1.645 for Ron Locke. By the career numbers, Larry Dierker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Dierker and Ron Locke

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.44
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.54
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.47
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
3.48
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
10.02
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.71
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.79
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1493
5.76
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.4
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
40.94
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.83
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.01
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.645
1.645
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8828
34.05
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
35.93
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.94
40.94

Fielding Stats for Larry Dierker and Ron Locke

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.44
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.59
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.11
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.74
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.78
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.4
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.69
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Dierker and Ron Locke

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
244.52
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
73.29
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
60.96
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.37
13.27
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
91.1
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
82.19
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
26.03
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
54.79
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.8
-1.92
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.44
-32.88
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.22
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
272
186.3
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
47.95
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Ron Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Locke
Career
Per 600 PA