Larry Hardy vs. Bill Swift — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Swift
Baby BoomersMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Swift 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. Bill Swift posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.398 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Bill Swift had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Swift

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.53
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.44
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.65
54.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
3.95
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1688
9.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.5
9.5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
2.85
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
767
4.32
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6817
38.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.38
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
801
4.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.93
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6172
34.72
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Swift

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.86
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.86
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
2.86
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
2.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.5
94.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Swift

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
894.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
229
499.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
104.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
82.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.82
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.68
34.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
130.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
139.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
58.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
89.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.99
37.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
32.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
117.82
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.09
5.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100