Larry Dierker vs. Ken Ryan — Career Comparison

Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ken Ryan
Gen XRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ryan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Ryan led in home run suppression (HR9+ 354 vs 91), run prevention (ERA+ 162 vs 104), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 130 vs 98). Larry Dierker held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 102 vs 93). Role difference aside, Ken Ryan holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Larry Dierker and Ken Ryan

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
7.56
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.54
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.47
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.95
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
3.91
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
285.2
9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
8.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.38
8.38
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.71
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.66
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
5.17
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.82
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
5.76
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
7.09
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.09
7.09
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.362
1.362
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.4
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.47
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1265
39.85
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.94
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
4.41
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.57
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.85
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8828
34.05
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1065
33.55
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.85
39.85

Fielding Stats for Larry Dierker and Ken Ryan

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
7.56
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
285.2
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.59
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.66
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.11
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.01
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.78
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.73
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.69
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.67
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.36
96.36
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.221
0.221
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Dierker and Ken Ryan

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
244.52
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
240
16000
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
73.29
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.37
13.27
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
7.45
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
91.1
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
82.19
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
26.03
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.79
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.8
-1.92
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.13
-8.35
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.22
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
272
186.3
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
47.95
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA