Dick Hoover vs. Louis LeRoy — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Louis LeRoy
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Louis LeRoy 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. Louis LeRoy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.22 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Louis LeRoy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Louis LeRoy

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.62
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.22
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72.2
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.17
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
4.83
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.743
0.743
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
35.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.74
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
5.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
33.44
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.67
35.67

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Louis LeRoy

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.85
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.62
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.49
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.84
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Louis LeRoy

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
346.15
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
530.77
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
11.16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
2.62
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Louis LeRoy
Career
Per 600 PA