Bill Hoffer vs. Greg Mathews — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Greg Mathews
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Greg Mathews 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 4.08 and 1.379 for Greg Mathews. 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 Greg Mathews

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.9
45.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
4.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1542
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
8.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
3.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
4.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.881
0.881
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2156
37.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
4.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1915
33.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Greg Mathews

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1542
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.07
93.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Greg Mathews

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
298.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
189
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
162
514.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
22
69.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
20
63.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
3.69
11.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
24
76.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
31
98.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
28.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.87
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
14
44.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
2.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
19.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
190.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
3.15
3.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Greg Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
57.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Greg Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA