Bill Hoffer vs. Rufus Ligon — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rufus Ligon
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rufus Ligon 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 4.98 and 1.282 for Rufus Ligon. 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 Rufus Ligon

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
10.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.612
0.612
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.437
0.437
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
37.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
34.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Rufus Ligon

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
1.111
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Rufus Ligon

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
408
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
552
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
53.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
144
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
178
172.82
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
192
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.581
0.581
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.529
0.529
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
125.24
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
192
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
66.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.77
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100