Bill Hoffer vs. Ralph Works — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ralph Works
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ralph Works 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 3.79 and 1.432 for Ralph Works. 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 Ralph Works

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.02
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.87
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.43
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.43
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.48
48.48
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.51
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.75
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
3.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
1496
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
498.2
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
9.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
3.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.822
0.822
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.36
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.43
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.4
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
2123
38.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
5.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.432
1.432
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
1899
34.27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Ralph Works

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.94
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.84
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.66
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.86
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
7.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
2.71
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
9.36
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.53
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
8.34
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.53
93.53
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.1
89.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.14
14.14
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Ralph Works

Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
326.37
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
182
600
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PAverified
175
576.92
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
124.27
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
28
92.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
24
79.12
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.39
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
30.1
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.15
53.54
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
5.42
17.86
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
165.05
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
32
105.49
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
31
102.2
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
10
32.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.6
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
9
29.67
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
19
62.64
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
9.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.89
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Ralph Works
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
158.24
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
3.79
3.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.19
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ralph Works
Career
Per 600 PA