Bill LeFebvre vs. Ray Soff — Career Comparison

Bill LeFebvre
Greatest GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ray Soff
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill LeFebvre built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Soff as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray Soff posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.398 compared to 5.03 and 1.610 for Bill LeFebvre. By the career numbers, Ray Soff had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill LeFebvre and Ray Soff

Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.45
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
7.04
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.68
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.84
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.78
27.78
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
5.03
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.19
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
27
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
27
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.1
9
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.2
9
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
11.02
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
9.22
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.02
11.02
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.22
9.22
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.68
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.17
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
3.47
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.02
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
2.45
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.2
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.913
0.913
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
40.33
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
38.57
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.5
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.68
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
6.05
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.7
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.67
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
540
36.73
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
34.55
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57

Fielding Stats for Bill LeFebvre and Ray Soff

Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
7.04
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
27
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.2
9
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.17
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.51
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.85
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.68
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.62
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.079
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.381
0.381
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill LeFebvre and Ray Soff

Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
441.18
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
6300
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
600
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
511.76
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.809
0.809
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
141.18
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
94.12
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
29.41
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.88
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
47.06
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.54
85.51
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
211.76
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
229.41
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.796
0.796
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.785
0.785
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
47.06
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
64.71
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
105.88
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.07
88.62
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-45.12
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
88.24
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
64.71
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.27
9.27
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
1.36
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.76
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA