Bill Hoffer vs. Adam Wainwright — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Adam Wainwright
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveSilver SluggerAll-Star

Adam Wainwright 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. Adam Wainwright posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.53 and WHIP 1.257 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Adam Wainwright had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Adam Wainwright

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
1.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.66
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.98
60.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.98
85.98
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
3.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8005
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2668.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2577
8.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
0.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
736
2.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2202
7.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11116
37.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1117
3.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
0.86
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10139
34.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.49
37.49

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Adam Wainwright

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
1.61
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8005
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2668.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
1.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
1.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
1.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.98
85.98
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Adam Wainwright

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
508
359.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
848
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
744
526.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.561
0.561
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
101.18
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
92
65.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
27.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
36.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
48.62
34.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
152.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
170
120.28
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
55
38.92
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
53.07
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
120
84.91
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
42.2
29.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
27
19.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
250
176.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
3.39
3.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
52.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
11
7.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Wainwright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Adam Wainwright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0