Bill Hoffer vs. Eric Lauer — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Lauer
MillenialOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Lauer 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 4.13 and 1.339 for Eric Lauer. 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 Eric Lauer

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.57
53.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.81
85.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
4.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2104
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
701.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
8.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
3.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
8.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3003
38.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
4.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2699
34.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Eric Lauer

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2104
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
701.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.26
91.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.635
0.635
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Eric Lauer

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
150
743.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
96
476.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.13
15.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
79.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
79.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
262.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
2.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA