Al Lary vs. Dick Mulligan — Career Comparison

Al Lary
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Mulligan
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Lary built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Mulligan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Mulligan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.44 and WHIP 1.494 compared to 6.53 and 1.675 for Al Lary. By the career numbers, Dick Mulligan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Lary and Dick Mulligan

Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.6
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.78
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.9
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
6.53
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.44
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
27
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
9
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.13
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.11
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.11
9.11
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.13
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.95
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
4.33
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.95
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
2.56
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
40.95
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
39.56
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.9
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.33
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
6.53
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.78
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.675
1.675
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.494
1.494
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
36
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
34.78
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.56
39.56

Fielding Stats for Al Lary and Dick Mulligan

Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.6
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.9
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
9
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.35
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.03
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.8
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.76
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Al Lary and Dick Mulligan

Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
1450
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
25
652.17
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
8
400
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
469.57
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.99
49.62
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
2.36
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.34
67.16
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.8
-20.83
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Al Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100