Larry Hardy vs. Vance Worley — Career Comparison

Larry Hardy
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Vance Worley
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Vance Worley 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. Vance Worley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.457 compared to 5.29 and 1.929 for Larry Hardy. By the career numbers, Vance Worley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Hardy and Vance Worley

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
2.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.31
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.3
49.3
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.51
59.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.29
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
4.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
12.21
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
736
9.93
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.93
9.93
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.97
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.22
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
6.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.075
1.075
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.22
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.35
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
42.29
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2894
39.05
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.64
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.39
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.93
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
4.49
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.45
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.93
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.433
1.433
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.93
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2594
35
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.29
42.29
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.05
39.05

Fielding Stats for Larry Hardy and Vance Worley

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
6.71
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
2.2
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.31
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.36
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.86
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.34
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.5
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.74
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.29
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.7
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.67
97.67
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.773
0.773
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.51
59.51
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Hardy and Vance Worley

Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4338.46
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
563.13
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
600
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
526.26
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
73.74
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
60.34
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.41
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.42
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.55
11.89
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
87.15
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
80.45
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.11
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
33.52
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
53.63
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.96
-44.49
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.13
-0.43
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.7
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
204.47
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
2.93
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
67.04
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.7
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Vance Worley
Career
Per 600 PA