Dane Dunning vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Dane Dunning
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dane Dunning 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 4.44 and 1.374 for Dane Dunning. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dane Dunning and Bill Hoffer

Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
4.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1780
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
593.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
8.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
3.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
8.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2562
38.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2285
34.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.86
38.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Dane Dunning and Bill Hoffer

Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1780
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
593.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.552
0.552
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dane Dunning and Bill Hoffer

Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
136
20400
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
45.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
65.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dane Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Dane Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100