Bill Hoffer vs. Lou Schettler — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lou Schettler
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lou Schettler 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. Lou Schettler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.2 and WHIP 1.374 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Lou Schettler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Lou Schettler

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.93
25.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
8.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
4.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
5.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
37.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
4.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
389
32.72
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.18
37.18

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Lou Schettler

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.85
84.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.93
25.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Lou Schettler

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
368.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
559.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
95.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.6
21.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
95.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
9
122.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
79.61
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
95.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.87
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Lou Schettler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
150
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Lou Schettler
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100