Dick Coffman vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Dick Coffman
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Coffman 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 4.65 and 1.537 for Dick Coffman. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Coffman and Bill Hoffer

Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
2.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.11
43.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.97
27.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
4.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4381
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1460.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1782
10.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.98
10.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
2.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
2.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.612
0.612
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6542
40.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
894
5.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6044
37.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Dick Coffman and Bill Hoffer

Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
394
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
375
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.795
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Coffman and Bill Hoffer

Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
639.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
443
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
400
541.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
51
69.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
39
52.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
11
14.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
16.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
11.8
15.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
64
86.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
73
98.87
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
21
28.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
16
21.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
37
50.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
3.13
4.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
22
29.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
151
204.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.93
2.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Dick Coffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
28.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Dick Coffman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100