Bill Hoffer vs. Fred Hutchinson — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Hutchinson
Greatest GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Fred Hutchinson 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. Fred Hutchinson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.281 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Fred Hutchinson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Fred Hutchinson

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.23
57.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.83
69.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
3.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4392
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1464
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1487
9.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.669
0.669
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6142
37.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.281
1.281
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5740
35.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Fred Hutchinson

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
422
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.737
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Fred Hutchinson

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
354
289.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
734
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
650
531.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.689
0.689
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
139.78
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
115.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
18.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
30
24.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70.1
57.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
173.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
178
172.82
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
240
196.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.334
0.334
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
0.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
71
58.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
67.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
122.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80.4
65.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
53.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
24.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.47
24.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
2.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
12.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
19
15.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
4.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hutchinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fred Hutchinson
Career
Per 600 PA
85.71
85.71