Dick Hoover vs. Matt Morris — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Morris
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Matt Morris 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. Matt Morris posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Matt Morris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Matt Morris

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
1.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.38
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.6
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.46
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.81
56.81
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.9
89.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
3.98
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5418
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1806
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1867
9.3
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.87
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
2.54
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1214
6.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.954
0.954
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.15
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.37
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7669
38.22
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
4.43
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.45
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.93
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6946
34.61
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Matt Morris

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
1.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.38
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5418
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1806
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.16
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
1.76
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
1.69
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.03
96.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.9
89.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Matt Morris

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
284.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
652
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
543
499.69
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
84.66
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
66.26
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
16.56
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.84
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
18.4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.24
23.23
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
106.75
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
109.51
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
32.21
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
34.97
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
65.34
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.78
20.04
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
24.85
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
216
198.77
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.02
3.02
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
74.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.92
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Matt Morris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Morris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0