Dick Burton vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Dick Burton
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Burton 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 4.71 and 1.376 for Dick Burton. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Burton and Bill Hoffer

Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.771
0.771
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
41.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
36.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.12
41.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Dick Burton and Bill Hoffer

Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burton and Bill Hoffer

Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
461.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
8.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-17.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100