Bill Hoffer vs. Dick Kelley — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Kelley
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Kelley 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. Dick Kelley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.335 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Dick Kelley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Dick Kelley

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.45
32.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1559
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
519.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
7.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
3.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
6.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2191
37.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.285
1.285
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1957
33.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Dick Kelley

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1561
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
520.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
2.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
2.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
0.628
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.45
32.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Dick Kelley

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
846.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
134
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
559.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
12
53.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
10
44.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
7.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
14
62.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
16
71.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.87
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.74
-16.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
313.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.91
1.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA