Bill Hoffer vs. Larry McWilliams — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry McWilliams
Baby BoomersKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Larry McWilliams 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 3.99 and 1.378 for Larry McWilliams. 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 Larry McWilliams

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
2.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.43
46.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.54
60.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
3.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4675
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1558.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1548
8.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.94
8.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
3.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
5.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6702
38.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
4.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5979
34.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Larry McWilliams

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
2.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4675
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1558.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
1.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
2.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
2.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.51
96.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.973
0.973
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.54
60.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Larry McWilliams

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
442.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
515
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
446
519.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
60
69.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
52
60.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
8
9.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
10.98
12.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
70
81.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
74
86.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
26
30.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
41
47.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
2.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
12
13.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
193
224.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
62.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McWilliams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Larry McWilliams
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33