Bill Hoffer vs. Harry Thompson — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Thompson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Thompson 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 4.23 and 1.355 for Harry Thompson. 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 Harry Thompson

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
9.56
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
10.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.41
10.41
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
2.25
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.612
0.612
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.398
0.398
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
36.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
34.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Harry Thompson

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Harry Thompson

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
320.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
38
530.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.589
0.589
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
111.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.04
42.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
153.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.532
0.532
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
45.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.5
21.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.68
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100