Harvey Branch vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Harvey Branch
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harvey Branch 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 5.4 and 2.000 for Harvey Branch. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harvey Branch and Bill Hoffer

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
43.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Harvey Branch and Bill Hoffer

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.203
2.203
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harvey Branch and Bill Hoffer

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.77
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100