Jack Flater vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Jack Flater
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Flater 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. Jack Flater posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.06 and WHIP 1.195 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Jack Flater had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Flater and Bill Hoffer

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.16
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
8.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
2.25
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.509
0.509
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.612
0.612
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
35.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
31.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.01
35.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Jack Flater and Bill Hoffer

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.203
2.203
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Flater and Bill Hoffer

Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
8.74
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
20.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
4
150
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
125.24
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
12.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
2.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100