Bill Hoffer vs. Claude Thomas — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Thomas
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Thomas 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 4.13 and 1.376 for Claude Thomas. 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 Claude Thomas

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
8.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
2.25
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.671
0.671
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
36.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
32.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.85
36.85

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Claude Thomas

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Claude Thomas

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-23.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Claude Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
420
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
1.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.77
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA