Dick Hoover vs. Joe Lake — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Lake
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Lake built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Hoover as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Lake posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Joe Lake had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Joe Lake

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.95
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.42
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.61
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.65
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.85
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3954
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
9.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
2.27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.703
0.703
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5443
37.17
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.36
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5091
34.76
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.17
37.17

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Joe Lake

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.99
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2235
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.51
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
5.63
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
6.68
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
6.14
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.86
91.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.553
2.553
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Joe Lake

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
247.62
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
584.52
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
120.24
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
92.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
27.38
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.52
36.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
161.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
129.76
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.43
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
45.24
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
88.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.14
35.89
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.19
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
116
138.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.34
4.34
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.95
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100