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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
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Standard Pitching

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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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1895 24 BLN NL 41 142 126 22 27 3 1 0 9 0 8 15 .214 .288 .254 .542 39 32 5 3 1
1896 25 BLN NL 35 143 125 23 38 7 4 0 15 8 12 12 .304 .379 .424 .803 110 53 3 3 1
1897 26 BLN NL 42 149 139 20 33 8 1 1 16 2 6 .237 .279 .331 .610 60 46 2 2 1/O
1898 27 TOT NL 12 39 35 2 6 1 1 0 4 0 4 .171 .256 .257 .514 47 9 0 0 /1O
1898 27 BLN NL 8 28 24 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 4 .208 .321 .250 .571 63 6 0 0 /O1
1898 27 PIT NL 4 11 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .273 .364 4 3 0 0 /1
1899 28 PIT NL 33 97 91 12 18 2 0 0 2 1 1 .198 .247 .220 .467 28 20 5 0 1/O4
1901 30 CLE AL 17 48 44 3 6 0 2 0 2 0 3 .136 .208 .227 .436 23 10 1 0 1/6
6 Seasons 180 618 560 82 128 21 9 1 48 11 34 27 .229 .292 .304 .595 58 170 16 8
162 Game Avg. 162 556 504 74 115 19 8 1 43 10 31 .229 .292 .304 .595 58 153 14 7
BLN (4 yrs) 126 462 414 67 103 19 6 1 44 10 30 27 .249 .315 .331 .646 69 137 10 8
PIT (2 yrs) 37 108 102 12 19 2 1 0 2 1 1 .186 .231 .225 .457 26 23 5 0
CLE (1 yr) 17 48 44 3 6 0 2 0 2 0 3 .136 .208 .227 .436 23 10 1 0
NL (5 yrs) 163 570 516 79 122 21 7 1 46 11 31 27 .236 .299 .310 .609 61 160 15 8
AL (1 yr) 17 48 44 3 6 0 2 0 2 0 3 .136 .208 .227 .436 23 10 1 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1895 BLN NL 24 P 41 72 15 55 2 2 .972 1.71 .913 2.01
1896 BLN NL 25 P 35 107 15 83 9 6 .916 2.80 .916 2.20
1897 BLN NL 26 P 38 90 22 64 4 4 .956 2.26 .917 2.10
1897 BLN NL 26 OF 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .929 2.05 2-1-1
1898 TOT NL 27 P 8 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.00 .912 2.25
1898 BLN NL 27 OF 4 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.00 .940 2.02 2-2-0
1898 BLN NL 27 P 4 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.00 .912 2.25
1898 PIT NL 27 P 4 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.00 .912 2.25
1899 PIT NL 28 P 23 55 13 37 5 2 .909 2.17 .909 2.24
1899 PIT NL 28 OF 6 21 17 2 2 0 .905 3.17 .948 2.12 6-0-0
1899 PIT NL 28 2B 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 5.50
1901 CLE AL 30 P 16 35 5 29 1 1 .971 2.13 .926 2.51
1901 CLE AL 30 SS 1 7 3 2 2 0 .714 5.00 .914 5.30
6 Seasons P 161 375 73 281 21 15 .944 2.20 .915 2.17
3 Seasons OF 14 33 28 2 3 0 .909 2.14 .942 2.07 10-3-1
1 Season 2B 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 5.50
1 Season SS 1 7 3 2 2 0 .714 5.00 .914 5.30
6 Seasons TOT 177 417 104 286 27 15 .935 2.20 .853 2.20 10-3-1

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 - 10 (234), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (553), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 39 (339), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Jay Hughes (925)
  7. Atley Donald (921)
  8. Cliff Lee (919)
  9. Wiley Piatt (916)
  10. Al Fitzmorris (916)
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  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
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  1. Jack Taylor (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack Taylor (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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

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Name and misspellings: William Bill billy Chick,Wizard Leopold Will William Hoffer

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