Bill Hoffer vs. Mike Mason — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Mason
Baby BoomersMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Mason 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 4.53 and 1.466 for Mike Mason. 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 Mike Mason

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.65
42.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
4.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
9.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.29
9.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
3.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
5.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2635
39.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.443
1.443
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2329
34.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Mike Mason

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
1.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.61
95.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Mike Mason

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
141
6507.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.63
29.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
41.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA