Larry Hardy vs. Jake Westbrook — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Westbrook
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jake Westbrook 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. Jake Westbrook posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.32 and WHIP 1.426 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Jake Westbrook had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Jake Westbrook

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
1.62
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.54
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.53
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.48
50.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
4.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747.2
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1885
9.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.71
9.71
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.76
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.94
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.19
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
965
4.97
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
0.879
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.35
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7517
38.71
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
922
4.75
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.93
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.405
1.405
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6769
34.86
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Jake Westbrook

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
1.62
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747.2
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.99
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.86
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.94
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
588
3.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
2.94
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.94
96.94
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Jake Westbrook

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
319
933.66
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
169
494.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.39
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
20.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
23.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.15
20.92
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
93.66
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
29.27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
67.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
10.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
38.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
231.22
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
2.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
67.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Westbrook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100