Larry Dierker vs. Al Spalding — Career Comparison

Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Al Spalding
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red StockingsUnknownHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Al Spalding posted a stronger line than Larry Dierker. Al Spalding posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.13 vs 3.31) and home runs allowed (0.05 per nine innings vs 0.71). By the career numbers, Al Spalding 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 Al Spalding

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.37
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.08
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.01
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.54
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.78
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.47
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.05
53.05
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.43
79.43
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.42
92.42
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.66
93.66
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.41
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.87
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.07
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
3.31
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
2.13
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8659
27
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2886.1
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3280
10.23
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.71
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
2.74
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.51
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1493
5.76
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.77
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.944
0.944
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.32
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12724
39.68
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1790
5.58
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.193
1.193
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8828
34.05
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12560
39.16
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Larry Dierker and Al Spalding

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.37
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
1.18
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.37
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11022
27
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3674
9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
0.59
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
1.93
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
1.11
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
1.78
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.38
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
462
1.78
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1672
4.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
439
1.69
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1515
3.71
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.61
90.61
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.233
1.233
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.156
3.156
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.25
31.25
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.14
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Dierker and Al Spalding

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
357
244.52
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
411
124.04
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
876
600
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1988
600
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
789
540.41
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1959
591.25
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
107
73.29
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
613
185.01
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
152.72
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
14
9.59
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
25.96
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.73
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.6
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
18
12.33
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
32.29
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
19.37
13.27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229.38
69.23
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
133
91.1
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
743
224.25
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
642
193.76
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.584
0.584
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
38
26.03
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
125.86
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
46
31.51
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
338
102.01
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
80
54.79
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
753
227.26
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272.01
82.1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
12
8.22
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
8.75
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
272
186.3
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
7.85
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
3.22
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.46
76.46
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
1.12
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.51
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
5.43
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
0.91
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
6.34
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.71
85.71