Bill Hoffer vs. Jim Tobin — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Tobin
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Tobin 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. Jim Tobin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Jim Tobin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jim Tobin

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.53
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.39
48.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.09
79.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
3.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5700
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1900
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1929
9.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
2.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
2.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.612
0.612
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.555
0.555
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8074
38.25
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
4.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4940
35.45
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7490
35.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jim Tobin

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.024
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jim Tobin

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
268.78
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
884
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
540.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.666
0.666
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
183
124.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
86.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
23.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
11.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
37.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84.25
57.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
186.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
178
172.82
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
180.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.648
0.648
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.565
0.565
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
81
54.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
69.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
112.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.75
58.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
34
33.01
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
162
109.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
5.46
5.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.77
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
3.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.93
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100