Larry Hardy vs. Wade LeBlanc — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wade LeBlanc
MillenialLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Wade LeBlanc 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. Wade LeBlanc posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.54 and WHIP 1.375 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Wade LeBlanc had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Wade LeBlanc

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
2.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.44
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.47
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.42
48.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
4.54
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2794
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
931.1
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
977
9.44
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
1.45
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.73
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
6.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.024
1.024
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.22
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3979
38.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.42
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
4.78
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.25
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3627
35.05
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Wade LeBlanc

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
2.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2794
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
931.1
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.44
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
1.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
1.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.73
98.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.605
0.605
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Wade LeBlanc

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
259
1002.58
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
507.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.565
0.565
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
116.13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
112.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.43
28.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
120
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
135.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
23.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.61
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
34.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.62
37.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
131.61
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.56
4.56
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
73.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade LeBlanc
Career
Per 600 PA