Dick Hoover vs. Brendan McKay — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brendan McKay
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brendan McKay 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. Brendan McKay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.14 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Brendan McKay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Brendan McKay

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
2.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
9.73
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.73
9.73
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.47
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
10.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
39.67
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
36.37
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.67
39.67

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Brendan McKay

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.73
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.462
0.462
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Brendan McKay

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
981.82
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
75.97
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
272.73
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
57.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA