Bill Hawke vs. Barry Lersch — Career Comparison

Bill Hawke
Pre-GenerationalDelawareThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barry Lersch
Silent GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Barry Lersch built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Hawke as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Barry Lersch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.82 and WHIP 1.276 compared to 4.98 and 1.617 for Bill Hawke. By the career numbers, Barry Lersch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hawke and Barry Lersch

Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.28
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.67
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.11
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.84
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.5
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.79
50.79
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.84
86.84
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.36
31.36
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.14
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
4.98
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.82
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1601
27
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1711
27
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
533.2
9
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570.1
9
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
629
10.61
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
8.46
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.61
10.61
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.1
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
3.95
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
3.25
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
5
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2459
41.47
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2377
37.51
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.74
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
7.03
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
4.02
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.617
1.617
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2196
37.03
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2149
33.91
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.47
41.47
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Bill Hawke and Barry Lersch

Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.29
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.67
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.84
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1617
27
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1711
27
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
539
9
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570.1
9
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.6
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.54
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.79
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.29
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.64
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.94
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.39
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.83
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.51
90.51
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.31
94.31
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.686
0.686
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.36
31.36
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hawke and Barry Lersch

Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
77
185.54
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
676.43
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
249
600
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
157
600
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
561.45
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
133
508.28
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
118.07
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
15
57.32
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
93.98
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
14
53.5
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.87
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.82
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.41
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.82
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
24.1
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.82
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.59
39.97
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
11.6
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
154.22
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
16
61.15
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
144.58
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
27
103.18
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
53.01
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
9
34.39
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
65.06
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.46
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
113.25
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
12
45.86
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.26
41.59
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
1.81
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.41
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
10
24.1
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.04
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
101.2
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
56
214.01
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.93
5.93
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.05
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.04
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.82
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.41
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.41
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hawke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA