Bill Hoffer vs. Woody Williams — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Woody Williams
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Woody 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. Bill Hoffer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.424 compared to 4.19 and 1.339 for Woody Williams. 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 Woody Williams

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.72
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.23
53.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.83
77.83
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1031
4.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6649
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2216.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2217
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
3.25
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1480
6.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.989
0.989
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9475
38.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1096
4.45
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.26
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.54
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8539
34.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Woody Williams

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.72
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.34
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6649
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2216.1
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
1.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
1.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
1.67
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.8
95.8
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.969
0.969
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.83
77.83
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Woody Williams

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
443
430.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
617
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
560
543.69
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
540
525.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.547
0.547
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
105
102.11
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
75
72.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
24.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.89
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
30
29.17
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33.53
32.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
144
140.03
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
127
123.5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
52
50.57
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
43
41.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
91
88.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
31.45
30.58
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
17
16.53
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
183
177.96
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3.37
3.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
43.76
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
9.72
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Woody Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50