Bill Hoffer vs. Vic Keen — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Vic Keen
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Vic Keen 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 4.11 and 1.438 for Vic Keen. 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 Vic Keen

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.84
48.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.7
49.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
4.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2245
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
748.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
828
9.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.96
9.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
2.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.612
0.612
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.601
0.601
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3221
38.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
4.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2959
35.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Vic Keen

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Vic Keen

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
165
386.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
256
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
230
539.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
34
79.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
30
70.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
6.64
15.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
38
89.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
42
98.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
42.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
12
28.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
30
70.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.18
7.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
18.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
164.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.66
3.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
42.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Keen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Vic Keen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50