Dick Hoover vs. Butch Metzger — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Butch Metzger
Baby BoomersIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the Year

On the career pitching numbers, Butch Metzger posted a stronger line than Dick Hoover. Butch Metzger posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.74 vs 7.71) and WHIP (1.582 vs 2.357). By the career numbers, Butch Metzger had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Butch Metzger

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
5.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.55
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.71
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
3.74
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293.1
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
8.87
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.71
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
4.3
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
5.37
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.074
1.074
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1286
39.46
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.44
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.71
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.68
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
33.87
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Butch Metzger

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
5.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293.1
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.37
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.07
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.47
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.44
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.92
97.92
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Butch Metzger

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
5457.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
428.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-2.89
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.16
-33.16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
8
228.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
2.63
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA