Dick Hoover vs. Doc White — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc White
Pre-GenerationalDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc White 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. Doc White posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.39 and WHIP 1.121 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Doc White had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Doc White

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.26
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
1.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
0.56
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.46
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.78
54.78
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.01
85.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
0.78
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
808
2.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9123
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3041
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2738
8.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
1.98
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1384
4.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.675
0.675
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.18
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.35
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12096
35.8
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.15
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1118
3.31
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.121
1.121
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11307
33.46
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.8
35.8

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Doc White

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
1.46
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.73
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9519
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3173
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.78
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.17
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1391
3.95
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1330
3.77
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.61
95.61
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.578
2.578
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Doc White

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
547
216.49
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1516
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1283
507.78
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.622
0.622
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
110.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
95.38
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
8.71
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.15
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.79
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
14.64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115.91
45.87
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
332
131.4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
168.6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
58.18
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
29.68
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
87.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132.74
52.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
58.18
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc White
Career
Per 600 PA
195
77.18
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.77
7.77
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
33.64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
12.66
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
12.66
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100