Bill Hoffer vs. Karl Spooner — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Karl Spooner
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Karl Spooner 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. Karl Spooner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.149 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Karl Spooner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Karl Spooner

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.66
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.61
51.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
6.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
3.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
8.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
488
37.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
33.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Karl Spooner

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.677
0.677
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Karl Spooner

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
476.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
34
523.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
8.74
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
75.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
230.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
178
172.82
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
184.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.766
0.766
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
0.72
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
8
123.08
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.91
75.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
246.15
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
2.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA