Bill Hoffer vs. Tommy Thomas — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tommy Thomas
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tommy 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 4.11 and 1.403 for Tommy 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 Tommy Thomas

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
1.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
1.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.76
47.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.09
67.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
995
4.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6529
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2176.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2341
9.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
2.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
736
3.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.665
0.665
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9488
39.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1185
4.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.403
1.403
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8752
36.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Tommy Thomas

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.075
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Tommy Thomas

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
399
290.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
823
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
722
526.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.524
0.524
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
102.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
86.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
18
13.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
22
16.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
41.8
30.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
170
123.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
131.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
57
41.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
51.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
125
91.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
44.31
32.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
29.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
152
110.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5.41
5.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
44.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tommy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0