Larry Hardy vs. Nick Willhite — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Nick Willhite
Silent GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Nick Willhite 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. Nick Willhite posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.55 and WHIP 1.511 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Nick Willhite had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Nick Willhite

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
2.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.43
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.59
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
9.64
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.34
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
5.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
795
39.31
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.59
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
5.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718
35.51
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.31
39.31

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Nick Willhite

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
2.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
2.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.98
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Nick Willhite

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
58
696
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
516
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
60
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
27.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
108
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
144
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
36
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
84
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
60
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
180
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Willhite
Career
Per 600 PA