Bill Hoffer vs. Virgil Trucks — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Virgil Trucks
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Virgil Trucks 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. Virgil Trucks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Virgil Trucks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Virgil Trucks

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
1.73
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
0.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.73
56.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.44
63.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
3.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8047
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2682.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2416
8.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.11
8.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1534
5.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11378
38.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1124
3.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.306
1.306
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10243
34.37
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Virgil Trucks

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
6.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
5.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
7.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
7.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.114
1.114
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.86
15.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Virgil Trucks

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
517
307.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1009
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
949
564.32
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
101.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
86.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
13.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
26
15.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
32.02
19.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
120.12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
108.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
63
37.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
41.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
77.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
20.54
12.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
9
5.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
153
90.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
6.59
6.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
27.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
31
18.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Trucks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Virgil Trucks
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50