Dick Hoover vs. Jered Weaver — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jered Weaver
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jered Weaver 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. Jered Weaver posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.200 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Jered Weaver had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Jered Weaver

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
1.44
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.44
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.65
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.43
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.48
60.48
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
3.63
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6202
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2067.1
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1912
8.32
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
1.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
2.4
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1621
7.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.051
1.051
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.16
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.24
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8531
37.14
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
3.83
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.21
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.48
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7842
34.14
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Jered Weaver

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.44
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.44
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6202
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2067.1
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.45
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.75
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.2
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.5
94.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.831
0.831
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Jered Weaver

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
331
3484.21
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
578.95
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
3.17
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
63.16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.58
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.77
-29.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.05
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
25
263.16
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
2.28
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Jered Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA