Bill Hoffer vs. Denny Neagle — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Denny Neagle
Gen XMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Denny Neagle 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 4.24 and 1.336 for Denny Neagle. 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 Denny Neagle

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
1.87
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.41
57.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.96
72.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
891
4.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5671
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1890.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1887
8.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
2.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1415
6.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.74
6.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8031
38.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
4.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7250
34.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Denny Neagle

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
1.87
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5671
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1890.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
1.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
1.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.41
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.38
97.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.96
72.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Denny Neagle

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
398
380.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
628
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
531
507.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.498
0.498
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
87
83.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
65
62.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
17
16.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
22
21.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
24.2
23.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
119
113.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
107
102.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
31
29.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
44
42.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
70
66.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
17.77
16.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
19
18.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
155
148.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
4.05
4.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
71.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
6
5.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Neagle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Denny Neagle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0