Bill Hoffer vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bill Hoffer and Bob James are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill Hoffer carried a career ERA of 3.75 against Bob James's 3.8. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bill Hoffer and Bob James — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Bob James

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Bob James

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Bob James

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.77
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA