Ralph Head vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Ralph Head
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ralph Head 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 6.66 and 1.829 for Ralph Head. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Head and Bill Hoffer

Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
6.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
12.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.58
12.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
3.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
2.25
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
42.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
7.55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.55
7.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.829
1.829
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
38.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.51
42.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Ralph Head and Bill Hoffer

Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Head and Bill Hoffer

Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
488.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
586.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
3.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.98
-27.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
167.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.77
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Ralph Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100