Bill Hoffer vs. Elmer Myers — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Elmer Myers
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Elmer Myers 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 4.06 and 1.441 for Elmer Myers. 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 Elmer Myers

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.31
43.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.65
68.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
4.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3306
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1102
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1148
9.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
3.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
3.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.788
0.788
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4747
38.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
5.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4256
34.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Elmer Myers

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.108
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Elmer Myers

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
194
266.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
436
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
412
566.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.549
0.549
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
127.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
77
105.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
12
16.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
16
22.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
28.39
39.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
113
155.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
106
145.87
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.524
0.524
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
37
50.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
50.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
74
101.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
31.65
43.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
17.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
89.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
6.71
6.71
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
15.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
6.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
80
80