Bill Hoffer vs. Dick Redding — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Redding
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Redding 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. Dick Redding posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.88 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Dick Redding had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Dick Redding

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
1.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
0.96
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.55
59.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.64
76.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
2.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4616
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1538.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1438
8.41
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
2.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
5.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.879
0.879
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6246
36.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
3.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
0.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5606
32.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.53
36.53

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Dick Redding

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4858
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
2.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
3.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
3.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.71
92.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.203
2.203
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.289
2.289
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.35
44.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Dick Redding

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
212.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
744
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
685
552.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
133.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
103.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
20
16.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
29.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64.65
52.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
183.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
198
159.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.506
0.506
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
78
62.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
70.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
129
125.24
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
126.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.86
58.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
32
25.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82.67
82.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
20.97
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100