Larry Hardy vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ford Smith 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. Ford Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.37 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Ford Smith

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.89
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.64
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.23
69.23
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.74
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.93
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Ford Smith

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
2.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
2.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Ford Smith

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
547.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
38.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA