Larry Hardy vs. Jack Taylor — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Taylor
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Taylor 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. Jack Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.176 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Jack Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Jack Taylor

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
1.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
0.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.52
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.48
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.23
52.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.28
92.28
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.96
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7878
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2626
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2504
8.58
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
2.27
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.475
0.475
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.14
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.32
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10705
36.69
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.08
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1195
4.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.176
1.176
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10027
34.37
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.69
36.69

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Jack Taylor

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8286
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2762
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.53
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.86
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
2.5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
978
3.19
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
929
3.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.99
94.99
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.04
36.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Jack Taylor

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
175.8
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1157
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1063
551.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.596
0.596
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
122.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
92.83
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
21.78
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
6.74
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
29.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90.98
47.18
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
160.76
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
307
159.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
57.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
45.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
101.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98.31
50.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
34.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
66.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.04
9.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
11.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
9.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
9.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100