Bill Hoffer vs. Bobby Jones — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bobby Jones
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bobby Jones 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 4.36 and 1.376 for Bobby Jones. 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 Bobby Jones

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.74
51.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.37
98.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
4.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4556
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1518.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1639
9.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.71
9.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
2.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
887
5.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.855
0.855
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6508
38.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
4.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.351
1.351
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5938
35.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Bobby Jones

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4556
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1518.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
1.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
2.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
1.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.76
96.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.339
1.339
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.37
98.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Bobby Jones

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
281.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
522
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
442
508.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
59
67.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
50
57.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
8
9.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
9
10.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
11.41
13.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
70
80.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
75
86.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
29
33.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
17
19.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
45
51.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
2.27
2.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
164
188.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
3.18
3.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Bobby Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
73.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bobby Jones
Career
Per 600 PA