Larry Hardy vs. Dick Littlefield — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Littlefield
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Littlefield 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 Littlefield posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.551 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Dick Littlefield had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Dick Littlefield

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
2.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.39
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.64
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.16
34.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
4.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2285
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
761.2
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
8.86
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.08
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
4.88
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3395
40.12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.72
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
5.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.527
1.527
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2970
35.09
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Dick Littlefield

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
4.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.95
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1447
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482.1
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.44
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
2.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.16
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.34
91.34
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.477
0.477
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.99
20.99
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Dick Littlefield

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
680.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
536.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
77.78
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
66.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.78
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.38
17.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
111.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
27.78
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.7
10.28
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
33.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
197.22
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
3.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Littlefield
Career
Per 600 PA