Eric Erickson vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Eric Erickson
Lost GenerationSwedenThrows RightBats RightEuropeWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eric Erickson 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 3.85 and 1.440 for Eric Erickson. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Erickson and Bill Hoffer

Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.14
64.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
3.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2466
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
805
8.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
4.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
4.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.908
0.908
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3542
38.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
5.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3128
34.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Eric Erickson and Bill Hoffer

Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Erickson and Bill Hoffer

Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
281.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
309
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
279
541.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
50
97.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
41
79.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
17.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
13.71
26.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
61
118.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
122.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
31.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
40.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
36
69.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
12.36
24.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
25.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
92
178.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Eric Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
33.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Eric Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100