Dick Hoover vs. Adrian Zabala — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Adrian Zabala
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Adrian Zabala 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. Adrian Zabala posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.02 and WHIP 1.423 compared to 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. By the career numbers, Adrian Zabala had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hoover and Adrian Zabala

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
2.77
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.96
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.75
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.62
34.62
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
5.02
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84.1
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.6
9.6
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.75
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.676
0.676
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
38.31
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.85
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
5.66
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.423
1.423
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
35
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Adrian Zabala

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Adrian Zabala

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
537.93
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
537.93
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.04
21.57
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.11
22.95
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
4
82.76
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.25
7.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Adrian Zabala
Career
Per 600 PA