Larry Hardy vs. Darren Oliver — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Darren Oliver
Gen XMissouriThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Darren Oliver 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. Darren Oliver posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.463 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Darren Oliver had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Darren Oliver

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766
3.6
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.08
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
0.55
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.46
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.63
54.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.9
29.9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
4.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5747
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915.2
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2037
9.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.01
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
3.38
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1259
5.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.033
1.033
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.28
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.45
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8346
39.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
0.57
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1045
4.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.35
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.31
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.93
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
0.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.439
1.439
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7391
34.72
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.21
39.21

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Darren Oliver

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766
3.6
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.08
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5747
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915.2
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.33
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
1.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
1.66
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.25
97.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.462
0.462
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.9
29.9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Darren Oliver

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
775
1913.58
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
243
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
535.8
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
118.52
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
88.89
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
29.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.27
37.69
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
153.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
145.68
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
41.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
49.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
88.89
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.53
38.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.75
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
182.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
37.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA