Bill Hoffer vs. Johnny Lush — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johnny Lush
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Johnny Lush 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. Johnny Lush posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.68 and WHIP 1.276 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Johnny Lush had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Johnny Lush

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.71
43.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.16
85.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3718
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1239.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1169
8.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.729
0.729
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
5168
37.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4692
34.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.53
37.53

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Johnny Lush

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
1.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6999
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
2.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1182
4.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
4.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.203
2.203
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.481
3.481
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.62
89.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Johnny Lush

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
377
208.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1083
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
993
550.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
252
139.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
110.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
22.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
6.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
29.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108.13
59.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
177.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
178
172.82
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
182.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
59.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
52.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
110.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119.87
66.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
38.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
127
70.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.53
8.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.77
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
7.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
15.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Johnny Lush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
15.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Johnny Lush
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100