Harry Billiard vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Harry Billiard
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Billiard built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Hoffer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Hoffer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.424 compared to 3.95 and 1.573 for Harry Billiard. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Billiard and Bill Hoffer

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.62
34.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
3.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
513
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
8.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.977
0.977
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
32.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
25.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.376
0.376
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.05
32.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Harry Billiard and Bill Hoffer

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
24.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
30.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.66
89.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Billiard and Bill Hoffer

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
113.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
2.69
30.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
135.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
2.73
30.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
192.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
3.12
3.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100