Chris Hook vs. Darrell May — Career Comparison

Chris Hook
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Darrell May
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Darrell May built a career as a starting pitcher and Chris Hook as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Darrell May posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.16 and WHIP 1.467 compared to 5.89 and 1.812 for Chris Hook. By the career numbers, Darrell May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Hook and Darrell May

Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7.54
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
2.19
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.32
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.69
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.35
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.59
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.25
60.25
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
5.89
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
5.16
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
27
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982
27
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.2
9
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660.2
9
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
9.73
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
10.16
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.73
9.73
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.37
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.68
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
5.89
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.89
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.03
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
5.64
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.03
6.03
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.948
0.948
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.41
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
42.49
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2896
39.45
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.33
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
6.3
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
5.6
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.18
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.69
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.63
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.736
1.736
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
34.68
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2636
35.91
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.49
42.49
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45

Fielding Stats for Chris Hook and Darrell May

Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7.54
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
2.19
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.32
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
27
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982
27
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.2
9
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660.2
9
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.1
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.48
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.96
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.82
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.06
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.36
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.06
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.29
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.25
60.25
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Hook and Darrell May

Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
6600
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
3331.03
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
537.93
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
21.64
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.22
4.49
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
19.17
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.99
-20.58
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
268.97
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
2.23
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA