Cliff Chambers vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Cliff Chambers
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Chambers 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 4.29 and 1.432 for Cliff Chambers. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Chambers and Bill Hoffer

Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
1.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.52
47.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.79
59.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
4.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2692
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
897.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
924
9.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
3.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
3.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3919
39.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.432
1.432
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3537
35.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Cliff Chambers and Bill Hoffer

Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.974
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Chambers and Bill Hoffer

Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
350
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
324
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
294
544.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.611
0.611
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
127.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
101.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
16.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
14
25.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
24.19
44.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
168.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
85
157.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.584
0.584
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
24
44.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
25
46.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
46
85.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
26.39
48.87
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
16
29.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
103.7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
5.79
5.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Cliff Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
25.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
11.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Cliff Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100