Bill Hoffer vs. Glenn Spencer — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Glenn Spencer
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Glenn Spencer 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 4.53 and 1.478 for Glenn Spencer. 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 Glenn Spencer

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.59
42.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.65
31.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1602
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
534
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588
9.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
3.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2358
39.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
5.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.478
1.478
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2146
36.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.74
39.74

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Glenn Spencer

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.856
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Glenn Spencer

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
139
473.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
176
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
155
528.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
19
64.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
57.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
11.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
22
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
26
88.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
37.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-1.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
23.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
167.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
47.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA