Guy Hoffman vs. Wilbur Wood — Career Comparison

Guy Hoffman
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wilbur Wood
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wilbur Wood built a career as a starting pitcher and Guy Hoffman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Guy Hoffman led in home run suppression (HR9+ 173 vs 93), run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 98), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 95). Wilbur Wood held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 114 vs 110). Role difference aside, Guy Hoffman holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Guy Hoffman and Wilbur Wood

Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.64
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.82
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.45
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.55
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.45
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.52
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.25
51.25
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.63
22.63
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.19
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
4.25
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.24
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1017
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8052
27
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2684
9
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
9.45
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2582
8.66
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.88
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.7
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
3.4
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
2.43
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.5
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.24
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.96
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1411
4.73
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.35
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.24
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1460
38.76
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11154
37.4
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.82
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
0.66
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.49
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
3.79
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.18
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.85
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.38
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1297
34.43
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10209
34.23
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.76
38.76
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Guy Hoffman and Wilbur Wood

Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.64
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.82
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1017
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8055
27
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2685
9
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.28
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.06
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
1.75
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.3
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
2.08
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
2.03
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.75
97.75
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.63
22.63
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Hoffman and Wilbur Wood

Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
1217.65
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
651
1025.2
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
68
600
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
600
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
529.41
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
507.09
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
42.52
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.12
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
39.37
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.15
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.15
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.92
8.14
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.43
5.39
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
61.76
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
45.67
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
70.59
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
75.59
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.29
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.32
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
20.47
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
88.24
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
37.8
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.14
-10.03
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.85
-15.51
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.65
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
31.5
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
167.65
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
189
297.64
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2.02
2.02
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
59.84
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.02
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100