Claude Hendrix vs. Bill Hoffer — Career Comparison

Claude Hendrix
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Hendrix 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. Claude Hendrix posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.189 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Claude Hendrix had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Hendrix and Bill Hoffer

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
0.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
0.55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.38
55.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.39
71.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
0.7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7114
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2123
8.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
4.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.754
0.754
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9651
36.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8905
33.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Claude Hendrix and Bill Hoffer

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
801
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.213
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Hendrix and Bill Hoffer

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
421
255.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
990
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
922
558.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
134.55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
92.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
10.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
8.74
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
42.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.04
58.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
204.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
265
160.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
71.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
58.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
121.82
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102.55
62.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
23.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
168
101.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
5.89
5.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
15.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
9
5.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
9
5.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100