Rich Harden vs. Walt Woods — Career Comparison

Rich Harden
MillenialCANThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Walt Woods
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rich Harden built a career as a starting pitcher and Walt Woods as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walt Woods posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.34 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 3.76 and 1.312 for Rich Harden. By the career numbers, Walt Woods had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rich Harden and Walt Woods

Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.65
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.2
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.55
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.96
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.57
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.37
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.58
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.82
60.82
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.63
79.63
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.78
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
3.76
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.34
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2785
27
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213
27
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
928.1
9
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
404.1
9
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
781
7.57
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9.99
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.57
7.57
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.02
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.36
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
422
4.09
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.16
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.15
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
949
9.2
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.07
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.477
1.477
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.33
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.26
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3929
38.09
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1719
38.26
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
4.07
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
5.23
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.25
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.25
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.67
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3428
33.23
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1605
35.73
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26

Fielding Stats for Rich Harden and Walt Woods

Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.65
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1.28
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.55
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2785
27
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
1956
27
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
928.1
9
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
9
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.64
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.1
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.71
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
2.69
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.43
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
4.17
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.35
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
3.8
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.56
94.56
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.06
91.06
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.957
2.957
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Harden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich Harden and Walt Woods

Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
1193.02
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
91
179.02
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
86
600
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
76
530.23
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
552.79
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
11
76.74
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
90.49
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
10
69.77
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
82.62
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.98
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.87
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
1.63
11.34
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.8
25.18
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
12
83.72
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
104.26
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
12
83.72
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
120
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Rich Harden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.91
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
60.98
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.98
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
43.28
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.88
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
102.3
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.2
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.35
22.32
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.98
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
31
216.28
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
43.28
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.86
13.86
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
62.79
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
9
17.7
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.98
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
15.74
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
15.74
Rich Harden
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100