Larry Hardy vs. Bill Wight — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Wight
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Wight 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 Wight posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.521 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Bill Wight had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Wight

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.44
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.57
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.06
57.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.38
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
686
3.95
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4689
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1563
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1656
9.54
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
714
4.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
3.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.26
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6851
39.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.34
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
4.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.516
1.516
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6123
35.26
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Wight

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348
6.24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1505
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501.2
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.86
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
6.37
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
7.89
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
7.18
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.149
1.149
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.29
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Bill Wight

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
381.32
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
546
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
480
527.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
60.44
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
53.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.59
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.1
10
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
67.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
89.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
20.88
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
26.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
47.25
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.7
-4.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
26.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
169
185.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
3.23
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
43.96
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0