Larry Hardy vs. Bill Sowders — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Sowders
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Sowders posted a stronger line than Larry Hardy. Bill Sowders posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.34 vs 5.29) and WHIP (1.335 vs 1.929). By the career numbers, Bill Sowders had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Sowders

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.52
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.15
49.15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.92
85.92
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.96
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.34
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1553
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517.2
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
9.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
2.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
3.56
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
0.684
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.49
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2254
39.19
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
5.6
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2088
36.3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.19
39.19

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Sowders

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.24
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1638
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.79
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.78
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.8
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.76
91.76
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Sowders

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
75
182.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
246
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
578.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
107.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
100
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.26
25.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
114.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
129.27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
56.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
36.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
92.68
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.98
24.34
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
21.95
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
104.88
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.72
5.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.88
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.88
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100