James Hoyt vs. George Suggs — Career Comparison

James Hoyt
MillenialIdahoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
George Suggs
Pre-GenerationalNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

George Suggs built a career as a starting pitcher and James Hoyt as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. George Suggs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.257 compared to 3.94 and 1.344 for James Hoyt. By the career numbers, George Suggs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for James Hoyt and George Suggs

James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
9.38
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
1.33
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.01
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.54
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.5
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.11
52.11
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.51
75.51
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.63
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.09
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.94
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
3.11
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
27
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4956
27
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
102.2
9
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1652
9
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
8.33
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1722
9.38
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.31
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.22
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.59
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.93
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
11.83
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588
3.2
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.83
11.83
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.79
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.53
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.34
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
39.01
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6703
36.52
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.93
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.28
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.38
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
3.92
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.53
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.325
1.325
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
34.63
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6286
34.25
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.01
39.01
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.52
36.52

Fielding Stats for James Hoyt and George Suggs

James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
9.38
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
6.54
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.93
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
27
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011
27
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
102.2
9
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
9
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.98
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
13.91
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.45
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.14
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
16.34
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.88
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
15.89
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.92
76.92
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.094
0.094
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.429
2.429
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.53
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Hoyt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
George Suggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for James Hoyt and George Suggs

James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
64200
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
234.82
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
626
600
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
549
526.2
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
107.35
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
87.22
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
13.42
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.75
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.96
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.13
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.92
41.14
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
135.14
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
159.11
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
45.05
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
45.05
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
89.14
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.04
45.09
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
51.76
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Hoyt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
George Suggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
103.51
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.8
5.8
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
22.04
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.88
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.88
James Hoyt
Career
Per 600 PA
George Suggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100