Claude Elliott vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Claude Elliott
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Elliott 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. Claude Elliott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.33 and WHIP 1.383 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Claude Elliott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Elliott and Bill Hoffer

Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.33
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
110.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
9.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.35
9.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.768
0.768
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
38.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
4.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.383
1.383
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
35.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Claude Elliott and Bill Hoffer

Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.59
94.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.591
1.591
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Elliott and Bill Hoffer

Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
286.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
586.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
0.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
8.74
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
3.44
44.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
182.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
10
130.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.529
0.529
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
3.35
43.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Elliott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
130.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
4.6
4.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.77
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Claude Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100