Larry Hardy vs. Dick Lange — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Lange
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Lange built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry Hardy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Lange posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.47 and WHIP 1.543 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Dick Lange had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Dick Lange

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
2.28
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.29
44.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
828
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
9.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.01
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
4.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4.47
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.942
0.942
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.2
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
40.5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
5.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.88
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.525
1.525
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1095
35.71
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Dick Lange

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
2.28
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
829
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276.1
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.46
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
1.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.92
97.92
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.671
0.671
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.29
44.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Dick Lange

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
4338.46
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
15600
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.42
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.96
-44.49
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
1.86
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA