Bill Hoffer vs. Clayton Richard — Career Comparison

Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
MillenialIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clayton Richard 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. Bill Hoffer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.424 compared to 4.51 and 1.449 for Clayton Richard. By the career numbers, Bill Hoffer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Clayton Richard

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
45.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.36
76.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
644
4.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3854
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1284.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
9.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
5.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.982
0.982
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5543
38.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
4.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.429
1.429
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4999
35.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Clayton Richard

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3854
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1284.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
1.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
2.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
2.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.07
92.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.182
1.182
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.36
76.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Clayton Richard

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285
450
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
380
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
325
513.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
37
58.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
24
37.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
13
20.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
9.91
15.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
56
88.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
49
77.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
19
30
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
28
44.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
44
69.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.91
-1.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
158
249.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
63.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA