Matt Cain vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Matt Cain
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Matt Cain 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. Matt Cain posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.248 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Matt Cain had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Cain and Bill Hoffer

Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
1.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.85
46.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.78
96.78
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
3.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6257
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2085.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1849
7.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
0.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
3.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1694
7.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8699
37.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.228
1.228
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7771
33.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Matt Cain and Bill Hoffer

Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
1.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6257
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2085.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
0.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
1.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.49
95.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.053
1.053
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.78
96.78
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Cain and Bill Hoffer

Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
295.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
708
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
611
517.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
74
62.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
53
44.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
21
17.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
20.82
17.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
110
93.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
96
81.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
27
22.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
34
28.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
54
45.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
21
17.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
308
261.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
61.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100