Dick Hoover vs. Juan Mateo — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Juan Mateo
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Juan Mateo 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. Juan Mateo posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.32 and WHIP 1.642 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Juan Mateo had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Juan Mateo

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
2.17
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.97
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
5.32
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45.2
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
10.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.05
10.05
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.18
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.53
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
6.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.9
6.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
41.39
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.11
6.11
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.99
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
34.88
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.39
41.39

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Juan Mateo

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.17
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.97
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.2
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.99
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.99
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.99
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.455
0.455
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Juan Mateo

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
514.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
514.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-52.87
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
9
385.71
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
1.56
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Mateo
Career
Per 600 PA