Bill Hoffer vs. Edwin Jackson — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Edwin Jackson
MillenialWest GermanyThrows RightBats RightEuropeTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Edwin Jackson 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 4.78 and 1.486 for Edwin Jackson. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Edwin Jackson

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
1.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.58
44.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.18
77.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1040
4.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5880
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2094
9.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
1.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
779
3.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1508
6.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8569
39.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1135
5.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7628
35.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Edwin Jackson

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
1.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5880
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1960
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
0.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
0.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
1.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
1.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.44
91.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.18
77.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Edwin Jackson

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
768.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
335
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
297
531.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
87.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
77.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
10.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
12.78
22.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
59
105.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
112.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.401
0.401
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
42.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
23.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
35
62.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
9.92
17.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
25.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
128
229.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.62
2.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
41.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edwin Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Edwin Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50