Dick Egan vs. Jim Hearn — Career Comparison

Dick Egan
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Hearn
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Hearn built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Egan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Hearn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.372 compared to 5.15 and 1.549 for Dick Egan. By the career numbers, Jim Hearn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Egan and Jim Hearn

Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
6.57
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
2.09
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.21
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.58
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.47
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.05
55.05
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.83
57.83
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.33
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
5.15
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.81
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
27
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5111
27
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.1
9
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1703.2
9
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
9.68
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1661
8.77
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.15
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.83
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.64
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
655
3.46
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.62
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
6.04
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
3.53
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.076
1.076
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.777
0.777
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.13
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
40.86
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7294
38.53
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.58
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.39
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
5.86
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
847
4.47
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.359
1.359
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
36.77
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6614
34.94
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Dick Egan and Jim Hearn

Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
6.57
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
5.53
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.05
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
27
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1933
27
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.1
9
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
644.1
9
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.8
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.48
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.42
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
4.96
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.31
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.58
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
6.75
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.22
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
6.44
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.21
86.21
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.94
18.94
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Egan and Jim Hearn

Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
8880
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
403
391.26
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
548
532.04
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
74.76
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
57.28
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.8
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
17.48
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.82
25.07
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
111.65
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
107.77
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
42.72
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
34.95
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
68.93
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.16
13.74
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
32.04
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
480
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
214
207.77
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
33.98
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
7
6.8
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100