Bill Hoffer vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee 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. Thornton Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.358 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Thornton Lee

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Thornton Lee

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Thornton Lee

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA