Bill Hoffer vs. Jerry Koosman — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jerry Koosman
Silent GenerationMinnesotaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jerry Koosman 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. Jerry Koosman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.290 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Jerry Koosman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jerry Koosman

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
1.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
1.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.51
51.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.11
86.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
3.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11518
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3839.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3635
8.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
0.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1198
2.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2556
5.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15996
37.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1608
3.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14456
33.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jerry Koosman

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
1.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
1.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11519
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3839.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
582
1.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
740
1.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
698
1.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.32
94.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.141
1.141
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.11
86.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jerry Koosman

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
612
349.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1052
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
915
521.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
109
62.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
94
53.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
15
8.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
18.19
10.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
129
73.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
144
82.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
36
20.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
46
26.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
80
45.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.7
-5.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
33
18.82
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
418
238.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
57.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
19
10.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100