Bill Hoffer vs. Greg Maddux — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Greg Maddux
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Greg Maddux 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. Greg Maddux posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.178 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Greg Maddux had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Greg Maddux

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
1.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
1.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.46
99.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1756
3.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15025
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5008.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4726
8.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
999
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3371
6.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.873
0.873
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20421
36.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1981
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
0.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18892
33.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.7
36.7

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Greg Maddux

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
1.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
1.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15025
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5008.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
0.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1194
2.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1793
3.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1740
3.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.04
97.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.203
2.203
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.339
2.339
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.46
99.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Greg Maddux

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
759
251.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1812
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1591
526.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
272
90.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
76.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
11.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
13.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61.59
20.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
107.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
311
102.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
34.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
27.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
60.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
47.64
15.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
34
11.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
419
138.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
4.32
4.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
59.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
15
4.97
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
11
3.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
0.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
4.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
78.57
78.57