Bill Hoffer vs. Catfish Hunter — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Catfish Hunter
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Catfish Hunter 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. Catfish Hunter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.151 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Catfish Hunter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Catfish Hunter

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
1.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.44
57.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.2
95.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1248
3.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2958
7.72
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
0.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
954
2.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2012
5.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14032
36.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1380
3.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12870
33.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.61
36.61

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Catfish Hunter

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
1.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
0.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
1.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544
1.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.94
95.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.086
1.086
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Catfish Hunter

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
515
435.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
658
556.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.557
0.557
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
125.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
104.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
16
13.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
25
21.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
42.57
35.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
159.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
157
132.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.521
0.521
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.383
0.383
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
60
50.7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
43.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
105
88.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
45.21
38.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
6.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
160
135.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
4.44
4.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
32.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100