Larry Hardy vs. Bobby Shantz — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bobby Shantz
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveMVPAll-Star

Bobby Shantz 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. Bobby Shantz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.287 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Bobby Shantz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Bobby Shantz

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
2.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.8
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.55
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.46
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.59
54.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.84
31.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.36
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.22
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
3.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5807
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1935.2
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1795
8.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.7
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
2.99
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1072
4.98
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.13
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.19
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8045
37.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
0.89
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
3.8
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7361
34.23
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.41
37.41

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Bobby Shantz

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
4.82
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.6
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3011
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1003.2
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.86
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
4.2
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
5.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
5.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.57
97.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.45
12.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Bobby Shantz

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
578
537.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
645
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
548
509.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
99.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
78.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
18.6
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.86
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
21.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.69
35.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
124.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
147.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
55.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.79
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
97.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.25
37.44
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
43.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
89.3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.72
6.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
40.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.93
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.79
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.86
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60