Bill Hoffer vs. Joe Niekro — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Niekro
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Niekro 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. Joe Niekro posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.59 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Joe Niekro had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Joe Niekro

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
1.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
1.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
0.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.23
71.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
3.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10752
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3584
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3466
8.7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1262
3.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1747
4.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
0.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15166
38.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1620
4.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13637
34.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Joe Niekro

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
1.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
1.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10752
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3584
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
532
1.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
810
2.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
785
1.97
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.91
96.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.118
1.118
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.23
71.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Joe Niekro

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
706
363.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1165
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
973
501.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
78.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
63.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
13.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
28
14.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
32.52
16.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
183
94.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
98.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
55
28.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
37.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
126
64.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
21.46
11.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
19.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
262
134.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
4.45
4.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
75.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Niekro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
17
8.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Joe Niekro
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100