Bill Hoffer vs. Jake Volz — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Volz
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Volz 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 6.1 and 1.643 for Jake Volz. 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 Jake Volz

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.64
63.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
7.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
6.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.82
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5453
39.13
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
40.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.11
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
6.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.644
1.644
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
33.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.62
40.62

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jake Volz

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Jake Volz

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
660
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.34
-20.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Jake Volz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
120
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.77
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jake Volz
Career
Per 600 PA