Larry Hardy vs. Faustino Valdés — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Faustino Valdés
UnknownCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Faustino Valdés 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. Faustino Valdés posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.62 and WHIP 1.549 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Faustino Valdés had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Faustino Valdés

Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.66
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.24
88.24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.88
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.62
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
9.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.98
9.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.96
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.15
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.791
0.791
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
552
40.5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.07
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.61
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
475
34.85
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Faustino Valdés

Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.58
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.86
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.22
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.091
3.091
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Faustino Valdés

Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
22
183.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
541.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
108.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
100
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
32.74
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
116.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
150
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
58.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
38.13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
41.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
1.86
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100