Bill Hoffer vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Lon Warneke 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. Lon Warneke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.245 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Lon Warneke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Lon Warneke

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
1.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.34
61.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.08
77.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
0.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
984
3.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
8.82
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
3.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.675
0.675
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11608
37.55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.21
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
3.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10842
35.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Lon Warneke

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4158
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Lon Warneke

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
459
255
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.573
0.573
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
119.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.44
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
17.78
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.26
34.59
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
257
142.78
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
150.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
48.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
53.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
100
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69.6
38.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
28.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
148
82.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
7.3
7.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.56
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100