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Bill Hoffer
William Leopold Hoffer (Chick or Wizard)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 155 lb.

Debut April 26, 1895
Final Game July 4, 1901
Born November 8, 1870 in Cedar Rapids, IA
Died July 21, 1959 in Cedar Rapids, IA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1895 24 BLN NL  31   6  41  38  32   4   3  0  314.0  296  146  112   9  124   80   0   3     0       0  3.21  4.78  149 1.338
 1896 25 BLN NL  25   7  35  35  32   3   0  0  309.0  317  151  116   1   95   93   0   7     0       0  3.38  4.27  126 1.333
 1897 26 BLN NL  22  11  38  33  29   1   4  0  303.3  350  188  145   5  104   62  17   4     0       0  4.30  4.18   97 1.497
 1898 27 TOT NL   3   4   8   7   7   0   1  0   65.3   88   51   34   0   31   16   1   2     0       0  4.68  3.55   76 1.821
         BLN NL   0   4   4   4   4   0   0  0   34.3   62   44   28   0   16    5   1   1     0       0  7.34  3.57   49 2.272
         PIT NL   3   0   4   3   3   0   1  0   31.0   26    7    6   0   15   11   0   1     0       0  1.74  3.53  203 1.323
 1899 28 PIT NL   8  10  23  19  15   2   4  0  163.7  169   98   66   5   64   44  10   3     0       0  3.63  3.81  105 1.424
 1901 30 CLE AL   3   8  16  10  10   0   6  3   99.0  113   78   50   2   35   19   1   3     0       1  4.55  3.55   78 1.495
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .667  92  46 161 142 125  10  18  3 1254.3 1333  712  523  22  453  314  29  22     0       1  3.75  4.22  112 1.424
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    20  10  36  31  28   2   4  0  281.3  299  159  117   4  101   70   6   4     0   0   0  3.75  4.22  112 1.424
 Career High     31  11  41  38  32   4   6  3  314.0  350  188  145   9  124   93  17   7     0   0   1  3.21  4.78  149 1.333

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1895 24 BLN NL  41  126   22   27   3  1   0    9   0      8  15  .214  .288  .254   39   32   3           5    
 1896 25 BLN NL  35  125   23   38   7  4   0   15   8     12  12  .304  .379  .424  110   53   3           3    
 1897 26 BLN NL  42  139   20   33   8  1   1   16   2      6      .237  .279  .331   60   46   2           2    
 1898 27 TOT NL  12   35    2    6   1  1   0    4   0      4      .171  .256  .257   47    9   0           0    
         BLN NL   8   24    2    5   1  0   0    4   0      4      .208  .321  .250   63    6   0           0    
         PIT NL   4   11    0    1   0  1   0    0   0      0      .091  .091  .273    4    3   0           0    
 1899 28 PIT NL  33   91   12   18   2  0   0    2   1      1      .198  .247  .220   29   20   0           5    
 1901 30 CLE AL  17   44    3    6   0  2   0    2   0      3      .136  .208  .227   23   10   0           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      180  560   82  128  21  9   1   48  11  0  34  27  .229  .292  .304   58  170   8   0   0  16   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        504   74  115  19  8   1   43  10  0  31  24  .229  .292  .304   58  153   7   0   0  14   0
 Career High     42  139   23   38   8  4   1   16   8  0  12  15                          53   3   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1895 24 BLN NL  142  102    8   2.0   115| .214  .306| .288  .373| .254  .413| .542  .786|  39  .154 -11.9  -1.1     
 1896 25 BLN NL  143   90   19   5.5   109| .304  .300| .379  .365| .424  .400| .803  .766| 110  .558   1.8   0.2     
 1897 26 BLN NL  149  108   12   2.9   107| .237  .298| .279  .363| .331  .397| .610  .759|  60  .283  -8.4  -0.8     
 1898 27 TOT NL   39   29    2   1.8    92| .171  .279| .256  .343| .257  .358| .513  .701|  47  .191  -2.5  -0.3     
         BLN NL   28   19    2   2.7    93| .208  .280| .321  .345| .250  .360| .571  .704|  63  .338  -1.0  -0.1     
         PIT NL   11   10    0   0.0    90| .091  .275| .091  .340| .273  .353| .364  .693|   4  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
 1899 28 PIT NL   97   73    4   1.4    99| .198  .289| .247  .351| .220  .376| .467  .727|  29  .115  -8.9  -0.9     
 1901 30 CLE AL   48   38    2   1.4    94| .136  .279| .208  .335| .227  .375| .435  .710|  23  .110  -4.8  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       618  440   47   2.8   106| .229  .296| .292  .360| .304  .394| .596  .754|  58  .274 -34.7  -3.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1895 24 BLN NL P 41 15 55 2 2 .972 .917 1.71 2.01 2.01 2.52 38 314.0 1896 25 BLN NL P 35 15 83 9 6 .916 .916 2.80 2.20 2.85 2.72 35 309.0 1897 26 BLN NL P 38 22 64 4 4 .956 .920 2.26 2.10 2.55 2.55 33 303.3 OF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .933 1.75 2.05 2 1 1 1898 27 TOT NL P 8 3 13 0 0 1.000 .920 2.00 2.25 2.21 2.65 7 65.3 BLN NL OF 4 4 0 1 0 .800 .930 1.00 2.02 2 2 0 P 4 1 7 0 0 1.000 .920 2.00 2.25 2.10 2.65 4 34.3 PIT NL P 4 2 6 0 0 1.000 .920 2.00 2.25 2.32 2.64 3 31.0 1899 28 PIT NL P 23 13 37 5 2 .909 .909 2.17 2.24 2.75 2.68 19 163.7 OF 6 17 2 2 0 .905 .945 3.17 2.12 6 0 0 2B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.50 1901 30 CLE AL P 16 5 29 1 1 .971 .929 2.12 2.51 3.09 2.99 10 99.0 SS 1 3 2 2 0 .714 .893 5.00 5.30
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1899 28 PIT NL 2B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.50 1897 26 BLN NL OF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .933 1.75 2.05 2 1 1 1898 27 BLN NL OF 4 4 0 1 0 .800 .930 1.00 2.02 2 2 0 1899 28 PIT NL OF 6 17 2 2 0 .905 .945 3.17 2.12 6 0 0 1895 24 BLN NL P 41 15 55 2 2 .972 .917 1.71 2.01 2.01 2.52 38 314.0 1896 25 BLN NL P 35 15 83 9 6 .916 .916 2.80 2.20 2.85 2.72 35 309.0 1897 26 BLN NL P 38 22 64 4 4 .956 .920 2.26 2.10 2.55 2.55 33 303.3 1898 27 TOT NL P 8 3 13 0 0 1.000 .920 2.00 2.25 2.21 2.65 7 65.3 BLN NL P 4 1 7 0 0 1.000 .920 2.00 2.25 2.10 2.65 4 34.3 PIT NL P 4 2 6 0 0 1.000 .920 2.00 2.25 2.32 2.64 3 31.0 1899 28 PIT NL P 23 13 37 5 2 .909 .909 2.17 2.24 2.75 2.68 19 163.7 1901 30 CLE AL P 16 5 29 1 1 .971 .929 2.12 2.51 3.09 2.99 10 99.0 1901 30 CLE AL SS 1 3 2 2 0 .714 .893 5.00 5.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 161 73 281 21 15 .944 .918 2.20 2.17 142 1254.3 OF 14 28 2 3 0 .909 .940 2.14 2.07 10 3 1 SS 1 3 2 2 0 .714 .893 5.00 5.30 2B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 177 104 286 27 15 .935 .919 2.20 2.20
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1895 NL-3.21-3
1896 NL-3.38-7

Wins
1895 NL-31-2
1896 NL-25-5
1897 NL-22-6

Won-Loss %
1895 NL-.838-1
1896 NL-.781-1
1897 NL-.667-7
Car-.667-14

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1895 NL-1.338-5
1896 NL-1.333-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1895 NL-8.48-2
1896 NL-9.23-5

Games
1895 NL-41-10

Saves
1901 AL-3-1

Innings
1895 NL-314.0-10

Games Started
1895 NL-38-9

Comp. Games
1895 NL-32-10

Shutouts
1895 NL-4-1
1896 NL-3-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1895 NL-124-6
1897 NL-104-10

SO to Walk
1896 NL-.98-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1897 NL-145-8

Games Finished
1901 AL-6-5

Adjusted ERA+
1895 NL-149-3
1896 NL-126-9

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 10 (230) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 45 (553) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 18.0 (349) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 39.0 (335) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March, 1900: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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