Brad Hand vs. Bob Hooper — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bob Hooper
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Hooper built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Hand as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Hand posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.290 compared to 4.8 and 1.482 for Bob Hooper. By the career numbers, Brad Hand had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hand and Bob Hooper

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
2.81
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.83
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.58
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.59
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.38
49.38
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.38
29.38
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.36
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
3.75
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
4.8
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1862
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
620.2
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
9.28
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.73
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
3.46
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
4.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
2.84
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3266
38.08
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2710
39.3
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.25
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.15
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
5.47
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2419
35.08
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Bob Hooper

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
6.75
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
36.63
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.5
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
12.08
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.12
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
24.92
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.13
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.43
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
38.14
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.38
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
37.01
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.93
95.93
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.03
97.03
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.78
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Bob Hooper

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
194
579.1
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
558.21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
92.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
62.69
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.91
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.94
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
29.85
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.19
30.42
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
146.27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
107.46
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
44.78
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
56.72
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
89.55
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.25
18.65
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.97
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.96
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
151.72
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
51
152.24
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
3.95
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
3.94
3.94
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
9
26.87
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.94
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Hooper
Career
Per 600 PA