Bill Hoffer vs. Herb Pennock — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Herb Pennock
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Herb Pennock 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. Herb Pennock posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.348 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Herb Pennock had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Herb Pennock

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
1.55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.7
59.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.07
68.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1428
3.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10715
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3571.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3900
9.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
2.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1227
3.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.612
0.612
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15154
38.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
4.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14202
35.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Herb Pennock

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
824
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
925
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.499
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Herb Pennock

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
620
260.87
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1426
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1214
510.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.547
0.547
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
97.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
80.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
13.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
17.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77.94
32.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
285
119.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
333
140.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
45.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
43.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
87.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85.09
35.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
7
2.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
39.55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
74.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.01
8.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
46.7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100