Bill Hoffer vs. Brent Strom — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brent Strom
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brent Strom 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 3.95 and 1.355 for Brent Strom. 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 Brent Strom

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.07
36.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
3.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1503
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
8.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
3.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
4.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2125
38.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
4.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1896
34.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.17
38.17

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Brent Strom

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1502
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
500.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.33
95.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Brent Strom

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
478.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
128
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
102
478.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
8
37.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
1.61
7.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
11
51.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
15
70.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
9
42.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.84
-8.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
117.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
5.12
5.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
84.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA