Bill Hoffer vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen 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. Claude Osteen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.302 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Claude Osteen

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Claude Osteen

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Claude Osteen

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67