Bill Hoffer vs. Fred Norman — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Norman
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Norman 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. Fred Norman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.384 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Fred Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Fred Norman

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
1.87
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.24
50.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.5
66.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
3.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5819
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1939.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1790
8.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.87
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
815
3.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
6.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.092
1.092
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8279
38.41
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
4.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7285
33.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.41
38.41

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Fred Norman

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
1.87
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5820
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1940
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
1.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
1.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.93
91.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.735
0.735
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.5
66.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Fred Norman

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
364.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
674
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
574
510.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
72
64.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
68
60.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
12.81
11.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
76
67.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
109
97.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
29
25.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
27
24.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
56
49.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.79
2.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
32.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
177
157.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3.81
3.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
55.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
5.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA