Bill Hoffer vs. Luis Tiant — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Luis Tiant
Silent GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Luis Tiant 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. Luis Tiant posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.214 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Luis Tiant had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Luis Tiant

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
1.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
0.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.11
57.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.47
84.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1280
3.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10459
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3486.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3075
7.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
0.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
2.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2416
6.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.24
6.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14365
37.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1400
3.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.199
1.199
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13081
33.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.08
37.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Luis Tiant

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
1.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10459
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3486.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
645
1.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610
1.57
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.57
94.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.47
84.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Luis Tiant

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
573
603.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
570
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
513
540
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
84
88.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
64
67.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
20
21.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
21.77
22.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
115
121.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
98
103.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
36
37.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
44
46.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
75
78.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
13.18
13.88
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
146
153.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
3.9
3.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
43.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50