Larry Hardy vs. Rick Sawyer — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Sawyer
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Sawyer 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. Rick Sawyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.49 and WHIP 1.717 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Rick Sawyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Rick Sawyer

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
3.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.54
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.03
27.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
4.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
10.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.76
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
4.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.85
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
3.68
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.63
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
895
40.21
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.81
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
4.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.85
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.622
1.622
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
767
34.46
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.21
40.21

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Rick Sawyer

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
3.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
2.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.03
27.03
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Rick Sawyer

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
74
765.52
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
455.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
27.66
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.65
37.79
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
103.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.8
5.8
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA