Danny Duffy vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Danny Duffy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Duffy 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 3.95 and 1.321 for Danny Duffy. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Duffy and Bill Hoffer

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.18
87.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
3.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1111
8.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1048
8.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.05
8.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4974
38.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4448
34.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Danny Duffy and Bill Hoffer

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
1.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
92.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.598
0.598
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Duffy and Bill Hoffer

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
5850
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-4.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
275
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
2.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100