Bill Hoffer vs. Johnny Sain — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johnny Sain
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Johnny Sain 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. Johnny Sain posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.302 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Johnny Sain had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Johnny Sain

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
1.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.51
54.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.47
59.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
3.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6377
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2125.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2145
9.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
2.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.719
0.719
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8998
38.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
947
4.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8349
35.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Johnny Sain

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
29.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
26.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
35.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.32
96.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.209
1.209
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Johnny Sain

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
433
303.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
856
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
774
542.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.608
0.608
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
133.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
108.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
19.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
24.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56.59
39.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
164.72
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
151.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.574
0.574
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
69
48.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
70.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
117.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65.11
45.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
24
16.82
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
14.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.8
42.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
39.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
25
17.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA