Pat Larkin vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Pat Larkin
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Pat Larkin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 4.35 and 1.645 for Pat Larkin. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Larkin and Dick Matthews

Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.35
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
4.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
11.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.32
11.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.61
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
5.23
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
41.81
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.48
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.548
1.548
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
35.71
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.81
41.81
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Pat Larkin and Dick Matthews

Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.35
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.61
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Larkin and Dick Matthews

Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
3000
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
520
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Larkin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA