Bill Hoffer vs. Roy Roberts — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Roberts
Lost GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Roberts 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 4.66 and 1.487 for Roy Roberts. 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 Roy Roberts

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.04
43.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.88
72.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
4.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2183
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
727.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
9.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
4.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
4.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3101
38.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
5.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.71
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2581
31.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Roy Roberts

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2092
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
697.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
2.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
3.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
2.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.06
91.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.798
1.798
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.07
68.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Roy Roberts

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
240.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
312
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
285
548.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
53
101.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
46
88.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
13.9
26.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
64
123.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
63
121.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
32
61.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
16
30.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
48
92.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
14.76
28.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
10
19.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
156
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
32.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100