Bill Hoffer vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt 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. Jim Merritt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.237 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Jim Merritt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jim Merritt

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5782
35.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jim Merritt

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jim Merritt

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
387.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
462
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
13
16.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
78
101.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
20
25.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0