Bill Hoffer vs. Jim Jeffries — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Jeffries
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Jeffries 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 3.86 and 1.313 for Jim Jeffries. 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 Jim Jeffries

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.5
49.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.82
65.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
3.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2654
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
884.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
8.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
2.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.721
0.721
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3724
37.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
4.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3288
33.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.89
37.89

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jim Jeffries

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5473
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1824.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
1.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
2.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493
2.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.73
93.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.638
1.638
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.54
38.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jim Jeffries

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
212.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
842
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
728
518.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.594
0.594
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
111.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
99.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
18
12.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.01
42.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
128.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
163.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.536
0.536
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.469
0.469
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
67
47.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
44.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
129
91.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69.55
49.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
5
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
48.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140.33
140.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.33
11.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
29.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
9.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jim Jeffries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
9.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jim Jeffries
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100