Dick Hoover vs. Alto Lane — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alto Lane
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Alto Lane 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. Alto Lane posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.29 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Alto Lane had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Alto Lane

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.26
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.48
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
9.19
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.48
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
5.32
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.979
0.979
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
39.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.409
1.409
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
34.45
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Alto Lane

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.26
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.94
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.94
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Alto Lane

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
252.63
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.658
0.658
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
142.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
60.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
205.26
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
173.68
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
110.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.9
61.64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA