Bill Hoffer vs. Jack Rowan — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Rowan
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Rowan 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. Jack Rowan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.334 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Jack Rowan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jack Rowan

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.66
43.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.18
62.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
3.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2012
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
670.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
8.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
3.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2742
36.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
4.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2455
32.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.8
36.8

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jack Rowan

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.97
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1635
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
2.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
2.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.57
93.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.345
1.345
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.26
51.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jack Rowan

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
310.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
230
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
199
519.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
30
78.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
27
70.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
10.28
26.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
35
91.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
55
143.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
23.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
22
57.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
9.89
25.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
62.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
198.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
3.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100