Bill Hoffer vs. String Bean Williams — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
String Bean Williams
Pre-GenerationalThrows RightIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

String Bean Williams 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. String Bean Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.304 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, String Bean Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and String Bean Williams

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.4
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.17
52.17
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.42
68.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2927
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
975.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
950
8.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
2.95
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
4.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.796
0.796
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3929
36.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
5.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.302
1.302
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3468
31.99
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.24
36.24

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and String Bean Williams

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3030
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.91
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.56
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
3.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.49
95.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.203
2.203
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.295
2.295
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.3
25.3
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and String Bean Williams

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
173
224.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
462
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
427
554.55
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
146.75
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
94.17
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
87
112.99
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
15
19.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
8.74
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
33.77
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46.21
60.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
198.7
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
132
171.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
50
64.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
62.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
95
123.38
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.77
58.03
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53.08
68.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.6
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
17
22.08
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
75.73
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
7.92
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
462
462
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
String Bean Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.78
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
6.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
6.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
String Bean Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100