Larry Hardy vs. Bill Weir — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Weir
Greatest GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Weir 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 Weir posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.55 and WHIP 1.364 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Bill Weir had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Weir

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.93
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.93
37.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
27
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
106.1
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
8.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.55
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.865
0.865
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
38.43
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.364
1.364
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
404
34.19
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.43
38.43

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Weir

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
27
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
9
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Weir

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
30
500
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
533.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
100
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.94
32.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
150
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.03
33.88
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
150
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Weir
Career
Per 600 PA