Bill Hoffer vs. Barry Lersch — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barry Lersch
Silent GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Barry Lersch 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 3.82 and 1.276 for Barry Lersch. 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 Barry Lersch

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.36
31.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1711
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
570.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
8.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2377
37.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
4.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2149
33.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Barry Lersch

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1711
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
570.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.31
94.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.686
0.686
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.36
31.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Barry Lersch

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
177
676.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
157
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
133
508.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
15
57.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
14
53.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
11.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
16
61.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
27
103.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
9
34.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
12
45.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
1.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
214.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA