Bill Hoffer vs. Al Schroll — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Schroll
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Schroll 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 5.34 and 1.585 for Al Schroll. 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 Al Schroll

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
5.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
9.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.23
9.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.076
1.076
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
40.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
6.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.568
1.568
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
35.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.27
40.27

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Al Schroll

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.629
0.629
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.14
37.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Al Schroll

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
538.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
33
507.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.839
0.839
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
87.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
230.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
178
172.82
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
200
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.806
0.806
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
8
123.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.7
87.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Al Schroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
138.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
4.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Al Schroll
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100