Jerry Casale vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Jerry Casale
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jerry Casale 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 5.08 and 1.590 for Jerry Casale. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Casale and Bill Hoffer

Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.04
51.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
5.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1111
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
370.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
9.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
4.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
5.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
40.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
5.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.566
1.566
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1463
35.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.68
40.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Jerry Casale and Bill Hoffer

Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1110
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
370
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.04
91.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.635
0.635
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.04
51.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Casale and Bill Hoffer

Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
443.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
116
535.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.677
0.677
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
25
115.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
64.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
50.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13.09
60.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
203.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
35
161.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.657
0.657
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
24
110.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
12.37
57.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Casale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
189.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jerry Casale
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100