Bill Hoffer vs. Carlos Zambrano — Career Comparison

Bill Hoffer
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carlos Zambrano
MillenialVenezuelaThrows RightBats SwitchSouth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherSilver SluggerAll-Star

Carlos Zambrano 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. Carlos Zambrano posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.352 compared to 3.75 and 1.424 for Bill Hoffer. By the career numbers, Carlos Zambrano had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hoffer and Carlos Zambrano

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.16
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
1.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.02
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.66
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.61
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.33
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.42
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.19
59.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
88.2
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.31
85.31
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.9
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.75
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
3.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3763
27
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5877
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254.1
9
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1959
9
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9.56
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1709
7.85
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
3.25
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
898
4.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.19
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
2.25
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1637
7.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.47
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5453
39.13
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
38.54
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712
5.11
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
4.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.46
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.2
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.8
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.331
1.331
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4940
35.45
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7245
33.28
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Bill Hoffer and Carlos Zambrano

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.15
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
1.63
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4158
27
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5877
27
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386
9
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1959
9
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.68
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
0.77
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.86
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.33
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.71
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
2.22
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.53
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
2.1
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.53
93.53
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.82
94.82
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.294
1.294
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.31
85.31
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.13
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hoffer and Carlos Zambrano

Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
180
174.76
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
384
309.68
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
744
600
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
560
543.69
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
693
558.87
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.631
0.631
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
0.66
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
128
124.27
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
133.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
94.17
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
90.32
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
21
20.39
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
20.97
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.42
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
19.35
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
30.1
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
42.74
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
55.15
53.54
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.8
53.87
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
170
165.05
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
216.94
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
172.82
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
175
141.13
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
79.61
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
75
60.48
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
57.26
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
125.24
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
122
98.39
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59.77
58.03
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65.46
52.79
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.53
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.01
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.06
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
75.73
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
240
193.55
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.92
7.92
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
3.1
3.1
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.77
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
29.84
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.23
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
14
11.29
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hoffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.68
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.81
Bill Hoffer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Carlos Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100