Guy Hecker vs. Tom Means — Career Comparison

Guy Hecker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Tom Means
UnknownThrows RightBats RightChicago Columbia GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Tom Means built a career as a starting pitcher and Guy Hecker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Guy Hecker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.168 compared to 4.05 and 0.900 for Tom Means. By the career numbers, Guy Hecker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Hecker and Tom Means

Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
1.03
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
0.99
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.54
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.45
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.52
54.52
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
0.96
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
951
2.93
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.191
0.191
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8772
27
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2924
9
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2922
8.99
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.4
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.15
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.51
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
3.42
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.39
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.22
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12415
38.21
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
5.31
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.4
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.168
1.168
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11851
36.48
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
28.35
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.21
38.21
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75

Fielding Stats for Guy Hecker and Tom Means

Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
1.09
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.15
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.57
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18129
27
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
27
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6043
9
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.2
9
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3309
4.93
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.72
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
1.11
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.32
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4266
6.35
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.72
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4053
6.04
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.72
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.01
95.01
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.529
5.529
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.29
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Hecker and Tom Means

Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
705
138.6
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3052
600
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2876
565.4
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.563
0.563
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
812
159.63
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
629
123.66
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
23
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
9.24
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
3.74
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
35.98
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
376.32
73.98
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
24.79
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1080
212.32
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
988
194.23
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.699
0.699
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
99.08
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
54.65
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
763
150
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
418.9
82.35
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
34.87
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
6.49
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
28.11
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
98
19.27
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.14
31.14
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
1.46
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
24.18
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
24.18
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA