Bill Hoffer vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ford Smith 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. Ford Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.37 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Ford Smith

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.66
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.33
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Ford Smith

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
2.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
2.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.685
1.685
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Ford Smith

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
219.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
172
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
26
90.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
49
170.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
79.61
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
125.24
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA