Alex Cobb vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Alex Cobb
MillenialMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Alex Cobb 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 3.84 and 1.284 for Alex Cobb. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Cobb and Bill Hoffer

Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.97
50.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
566
3.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3983
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1327.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1307
8.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
2.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
7.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.51
7.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5577
37.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
4.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5102
34.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.81
37.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Alex Cobb and Bill Hoffer

Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3983
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1327.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
1.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
2.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
2.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.67
94.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Cobb and Bill Hoffer

Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
5376.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
553.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
6.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
-1
-23.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
15.53
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100