Larry Dierker vs. Theolic Smith — Career Comparison

Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Theolic Smith
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Larry Dierker posted a stronger line than Theolic Smith. Larry Dierker posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.31 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.236 vs 1.511). By the career numbers, Larry Dierker had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Larry Dierker and Theolic Smith

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.6
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.14
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.54
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.43
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.47
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.69
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.41
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.71
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
4.95
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1064
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
354.2
9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
409
10.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.71
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.51
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
3.2
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1493
5.76
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.93
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.944
0.944
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1588
40.3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
6.22
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.04
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.48
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.509
1.509
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8828
34.05
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1409
35.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3

Fielding Stats for Larry Dierker and Theolic Smith

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.59
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1564
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
521.1
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.59
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.79
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.11
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.4
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.78
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.35
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.69
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.19
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.36
95.36
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.233
1.233
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.011
2.011
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.3
66.3
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Dierker and Theolic Smith

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
244.52
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
92
234.89
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
197
502.98
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.717
0.717
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
73.29
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
127.66
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
102.13
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
9.59
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.32
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
12.33
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.53
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
19.37
13.27
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.45
64.98
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
91.1
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
165.96
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
199.15
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.677
0.677
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.649
0.649
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
26.03
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
91.91
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
31.51
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
54.79
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
130.21
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.66
73.17
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
12
8.22
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
272
186.3
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
3.22
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
235
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
10
25.53
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.21
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75