Larry Hardy vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw 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. Ted Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.77 and WHIP 1.427 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Ted Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Ted Shaw

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.55
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.81
55.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
4.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
4.38
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721
39.48
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.78
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.07
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Ted Shaw

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.86
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Ted Shaw

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
67
232.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
1.86
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100