Bill Hoffer
William Leopold Hoffer (Chick and Wizard)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: November 8, 1870 in Cedar Rapids, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1895
Final Game: July 4, 1901
Died: July 21, 1959 in Cedar Rapids, IA
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1895 24 BLN NL 31 6 .838 3.21 41 38 3 32 4 0 314.0 296 146 112 9 124 80 0 0 3 0 149 1.338 8.5 0.3 3.6 2.3 0.65
1896 25 BLN NL 25 7 .781 3.38 35 35 0 32 3 0 309.0 317 151 116 1 95 93 0 0 7 0 126 1.333 9.2 0.0 2.8 2.7 0.98
1897 26 BLN NL 22 11 .667 4.30 38 33 4 29 1 0 303.1 350 188 145 5 104 62 17 0 4 0 97 1.497 10.4 0.1 3.1 1.8 0.60
1898 27 TOT NL 3 4 .429 4.68 8 7 1 7 0 0 65.1 88 51 34 0 31 16 1 0 2 0 76 1.821 12.1 0.0 4.3 2.2 0.52
1898 27 BLN NL 0 4 .000 7.34 4 4 0 4 0 0 34.1 62 44 28 0 16 5 1 0 1 0 49 2.272 16.3 0.0 4.2 1.3 0.31
1898 27 PIT NL 3 0 1.000 1.74 4 3 1 3 0 0 31.0 26 7 6 0 15 11 0 0 1 0 205 1.323 7.5 0.0 4.4 3.2 0.73
1899 28 PIT NL 8 10 .444 3.63 23 19 4 15 2 0 163.2 169 98 66 5 64 44 10 0 3 0 105 1.424 9.3 0.3 3.5 2.4 0.69
1901 30 CLE AL 3 8 .273 4.55 16 10 6 10 0 3 99.0 113 78 50 2 35 19 1 1 3 0 78 1.495 10.3 0.2 3.2 1.7 0.54
6 Seasons 92 46 .667 3.75 161 142 18 125 10 3 1254.1 1333 712 523 22 453 314 29 1 22 0 112 1.424 9.6 0.2 3.3 2.3 0.69
162 Game Avg. 21 10 .667 3.75 36 32 4 28 2 1 281 299 160 117 5 102 70 7 0 5 0 112 1.424 9.6 0.2 3.3 2.3 0.69
BLN (4 yrs) 78 28 .736 3.76 118 110 7 97 8 0 960.2 1025 529 401 15 339 240 18 0 15 0 117 1.420 9.6 0.1 3.2 2.2 0.71
PIT (2 yrs) 11 10 .524 3.33 27 22 5 18 2 0 194.2 195 105 72 5 79 55 10 0 4 0 113 1.408 9.0 0.2 3.7 2.5 0.70
CLE (1 yr) 3 8 .273 4.55 16 10 6 10 0 3 99.0 113 78 50 2 35 19 1 1 3 0 78 1.495 10.3 0.2 3.2 1.7 0.54
NL (5 yrs) 89 38 .701 3.68 145 132 12 115 10 0 1155.1 1220 634 473 20 418 295 28 0 19 0 116 1.418 9.5 0.2 3.3 2.3 0.71
AL (1 yr) 3 8 .273 4.55 16 10 6 10 0 3 99.0 113 78 50 2 35 19 1 1 3 0 78 1.495 10.3 0.2 3.2 1.7 0.54

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1895 24 31 6 .838 3.21 41 38 3 32 4 0 314.0 296 146 112 9 124 80 0 0 3 0 149 1.338 8.5 0.3 3.6 2.3 0.65 149
1896 25 56 13 .812 3.29 76 73 3 64 7 0 623.0 613 297 228 10 219 173 0 0 10 0 137 1.335 8.9 0.1 3.2 2.5 0.79 137
1897 26 78 24 .765 3.62 114 106 7 93 8 0 926.1 963 485 373 15 323 235 17 0 14 0 122 1.388 9.4 0.1 3.1 2.3 0.73 122
1898 27 81 28 .743 3.69 122 113 8 100 8 0 991.2 1051 536 407 15 354 251 18 0 16 0 118 1.417 9.5 0.1 3.2 2.3 0.71 118
1899 28 89 38 .701 3.68 145 132 12 115 10 0 1155.1 1220 634 473 20 418 295 28 0 19 0 116 1.418 9.5 0.2 3.3 2.3 0.71 116
1900 29 89 38 .701 3.68 145 132 12 115 10 0 1155.1 1220 634 473 20 418 295 28 0 19 0 116 1.418 9.5 0.2 3.3 2.3 0.71 116
1901 30 92 46 .667 3.75 161 142 18 125 10 3 1254.1 1333 712 523 22 453 314 29 1 22 0 112 1.424 9.6 0.2 3.3 2.3 0.69 112

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1895 24 0.00 0.0 0 102 92 0 0 0 0 41
1896 25 0.00 0.0 0 118 106 0 0 0 0 35
1897 26 0.00 0.0 0 150 135 0 0 0 0 38
1898 27 0.00 0.0 0 37 33 0 0 0 0 8
1899 28 0.00 0.0 0 66 59 0 0 0 0 23
1901 30 0.00 0.0 0 57 51 0 0 0 0 16
6 Seasons 0.00 0.0 0 530 476 0 0 0 0 161

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1895 NL--3.210--3rd
1896 NL--3.379--7th

Wins s c a p y
1895 NL--31--2nd
1896 NL--25--5th
1897 NL--22--6th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1895 NL--.838--1st
1896 NL--.781--1st
1897 NL--.667--7th
Career--.667--13th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1895 NL--1.338--5th
1896 NL--1.333--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1895 NL--8.484--2nd
1896 NL--9.233--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1895 NL--41--10th

Saves s c a p y
1901 AL--3--1st

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1895 NL--314.0--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1895 NL--38--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
1895 NL--32--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1895 NL--4--1st
1896 NL--3--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1895 NL--124--6th
1897 NL--104--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1896 NL--.979--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1896 NL--.029--1st
Career--.158--110th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1897 NL--145--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1901 AL--6--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1895 NL--149--3rd
1896 NL--126--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (339), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 24 (670), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 37 (350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Tom Lovett (949)
  2. Ted Lewis (949)
  3. Jack Harper (930)
  4. Fred Hutchinson (929)
  5. Ed Seward (926)
  6. Jay Hughes (925)
  7. Atley Donald (921)
  8. Cliff Lee (919)
  9. Wiley Piatt (916)
  10. Al Fitzmorris (916)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Joe Corbett (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jay Hughes (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Ferriss (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ted Lewis (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Freddie Fitzsimmons (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Lovett (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Bill Hoffer    

Viewed 14,602 times through November 14, 2009.
Name and misspellings: William Bill billy Chick,Wizard Leopold Will William Hoffer

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.