Larry Hardy vs. Theolic Smith — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Theolic Smith
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Theolic 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. Theolic Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.511 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Theolic Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Theolic Smith

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.6
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.43
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.69
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
4.95
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1064
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354.2
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
10.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.38
10.38
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.93
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1588
40.3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
5.93
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
6.22
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.509
1.509
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1409
35.75
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.3
40.3

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Theolic Smith

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1564
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521.1
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.79
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.86
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.19
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.36
95.36
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.011
2.011
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.3
66.3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Theolic Smith

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
92
234.89
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
197
502.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.717
0.717
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
127.66
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
102.13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.45
64.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
165.96
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
199.15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.677
0.677
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.649
0.649
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
91.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
130.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.66
73.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
235
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75