Harry Gumbert vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Harry Gumbert
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Gumbert 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. Harry Gumbert posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.348 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Harry Gumbert had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Gumbert and Bill Hoffer

Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
2.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
0.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.86
55.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
882
3.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6468
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2186
9.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
2.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.663
0.663
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9217
38.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1012
4.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8473
35.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Harry Gumbert and Bill Hoffer

Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
508
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
670
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
816
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
799
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Gumbert and Bill Hoffer

Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
512
405.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
757
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
708
561.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.465
0.465
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
103.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
86.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
21
16.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
31.9
25.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
164
129.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
148
117.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
50
39.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
45
35.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
90
71.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
25.59
20.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
18
14.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
185
146.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
4.09
4.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Harry Gumbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
24.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
15
11.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Harry Gumbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100