Oscar Graham vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Oscar Graham
Pre-GenerationalNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Oscar Graham 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 3.98 and 1.394 for Oscar Graham. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Oscar Graham and Bill Hoffer

Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.78
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
10.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.702
0.702
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.87
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
38.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
5.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
35.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.68
38.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Oscar Graham and Bill Hoffer

Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.857
1.857
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Oscar Graham and Bill Hoffer

Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
300
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
553.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.698
0.698
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
126.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
8.74
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.56
64.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
219.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
14
161.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.622
0.622
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
79.61
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
4
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
10
115.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.9
68.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Graham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
5.78
5.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Oscar Graham
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100