Bill Hoffer vs. Tex Hughson — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tex Hughson
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tex Hughson 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. Tex Hughson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.94 and WHIP 1.194 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Tex Hughson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Tex Hughson

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.33
69.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
2.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4127
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1270
8.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
2.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
4.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.774
0.774
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5663
37.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
3.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5280
34.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.05
37.05

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Tex Hughson

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
301
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Tex Hughson

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225
252.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
535
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
447
501.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
53
59.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
48
53.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
11.31
12.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
58
65.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
92
103.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
29
32.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
23.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
50
56.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.26
4.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
42.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
134
150.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.99
3.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Tex Hughson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
54.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tex Hughson
Career
Per 600 PA