Larry Hardy vs. Vic Willis — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Vic Willis
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Vic Willis 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. Vic Willis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.209 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Vic Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Vic Willis

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513
1.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
1.06
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
0.56
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
0.46
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.85
54.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.81
91.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
0.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.02
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1167
2.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11988
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3996
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3621
8.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1212
2.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
3.72
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.21
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.35
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16263
36.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.09
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1620
3.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14895
33.55
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Vic Willis

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
1.15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12291
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4097
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
0.85
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.86
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
2.48
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.5
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1592
3.5
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.29
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
3.34
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.48
95.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.895
2.895
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.14
49.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.07
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Vic Willis

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
531
196.3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1623
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1493
551.94
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
91.68
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
82.81
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.48
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.37
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
8.87
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.59
22.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
102.77
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
124.58
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
39.56
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
31.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
70.24
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.49
20.88
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2.96
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
29.94
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
199
73.57
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.16
8.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
15.16
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100