Dick Hoover vs. Joe Lucey — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Lucey
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Lucey 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. Dick Hoover posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 7.71 and WHIP 2.357 compared to 9 and 2.909 for Joe Lucey. By the career numbers, Dick Hoover had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Joe Lucey

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.73
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.71
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.1
10.1
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.53
10.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.346
0.346
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
14.73
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.73
14.73
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
11.45
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.45
11.45
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
50.14
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.71
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
16.36
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.36
16.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.357
2.357
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.909
2.909
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
42.55
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.14
50.14
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Joe Lucey

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.917
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Joe Lucey

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
433.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
6.61
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.48
-16.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lucey
Career
Per 600 PA