Dick Hoover vs. Wade Miley — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wade Miley
MillenialLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wade Miley 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. Wade Miley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Wade Miley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Wade Miley

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
1.64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.56
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.51
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.4
52.4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
798
4.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5272
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1757.1
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1783
9.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
3.13
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
7.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.126
1.126
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.3
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.24
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7519
38.51
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
855
4.38
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.24
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.362
1.362
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6775
34.7
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Wade Miley

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
1.64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5272
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1757.1
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.3
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.22
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.52
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.81
95.81
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.928
0.928
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Wade Miley

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
323
570
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
297
524.12
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.94
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
67.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.12
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.76
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
15.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.1
19.59
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
102.35
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
105.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
38.82
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.47
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
63.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.49
13.21
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.94
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
80
141.18
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
52.94
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA