Larry Hardy vs. Ervin Santana — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ervin Santana
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ervin Santana 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. Ervin Santana posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.288 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Ervin Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Ervin Santana

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
425
1.54
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
1.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
0.55
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.47
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.93
53.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.82
90.82
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1135
4.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7460
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2486.2
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2391
8.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
1.2
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
776
2.81
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1978
7.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.16
7.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.108
1.108
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.38
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.38
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10482
37.94
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
4.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.18
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
0.69
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.274
1.274
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9480
34.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Ervin Santana

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
425
1.54
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
1.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7460
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2486.2
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.7
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
1.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.06
96.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.918
0.918
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.82
90.82
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.08
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Ervin Santana

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
425
2217.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
537.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
67.83
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.02
10.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
83.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
78.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.74
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
99.13
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.27
-6.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
255.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.35
2.35
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA