Bill Hoffer vs. Fergie Jenkins — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fergie Jenkins
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Fergie Jenkins 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. Fergie Jenkins posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.34 and WHIP 1.168 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Fergie Jenkins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Fergie Jenkins

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
1.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
1.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.69
55.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.46
89.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1669
3.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13502
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4500.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4142
8.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
0.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
997
1.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3192
6.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.931
0.931
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18400
36.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1853
3.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17082
34.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.79
36.79

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Fergie Jenkins

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
1.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
1.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13501
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4500.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
0.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660
1.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1072
2.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1023
2.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.43
95.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.541
1.541
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.46
89.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Fergie Jenkins

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
665
395.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1010
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
896
532.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.503
0.503
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
148
87.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
60.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
16.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.72
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
27.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
50.04
29.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
134.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
112.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
54
32.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
50.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
126
74.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
37.27
22.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
24.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
326
193.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3.1
3.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
39.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
9
5.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0