Dick Hoover vs. Eric Lauer — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Lauer
MillenialOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Lauer 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. Eric Lauer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Eric Lauer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Eric Lauer

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.58
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
4.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2104
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.1
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
8.66
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.42
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.29
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
8.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.18
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3003
38.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
4.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.18
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.45
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2699
34.64
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Eric Lauer

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2104
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
701.1
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.85
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.32
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.21
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.26
91.26
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.635
0.635
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Eric Lauer

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
743.8
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
476.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.83
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
15.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
79.34
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
79.34
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
53
262.81
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
2.28
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA