Sensation Clark vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh KeystonesNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sensation Clark 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 5.56 and 1.733 for Sensation Clark. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sensation Clark and Bill Hoffer

Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.56
55.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
11.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.04
11.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
6.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.29
6.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.206
1.206
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
42.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
6.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
36.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.51
42.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Sensation Clark and Bill Hoffer

Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
2.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.89
91.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.619
1.619
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.9
61.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sensation Clark and Bill Hoffer

Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
240
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
55
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
545.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.627
0.627
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
141.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
120
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
4.58
49.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
15
163.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
174.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
178
172.82
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
87.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
79.61
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
65.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
152.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
125.24
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
59.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Sensation Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Sensation Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100