Larry Hardy vs. Vern Olsen — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Vern Olsen
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Vern Olsen 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. Vern Olsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.432 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Vern Olsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Vern Olsen

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
1.95
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.52
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.45
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.57
53.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
9.54
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
3.51
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2247
39.19
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.56
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
3.94
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.432
1.432
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
35.77
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.19
39.19

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Vern Olsen

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
27
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
9
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.82
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.491
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Vern Olsen

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
364.52
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
169
545.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
125.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
103.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.95
45.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
154.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
161.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
51.61
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
45.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.52
50.08
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
35.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.45
8.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100