Guy Hoffman

Guy Alan Hoffman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 9, 1956 in Ottawa, IL
High School: Marquette HS (Ottawa, IL)
School: Bradley University (Peoria, IL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1979
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Reds/Cubs/Rangers 1979-1988

Final Game: September 21, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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
1978	21	CHW-min	A	2	0	1.000	2.38	7	4					34.0	22	10	9	1	15								1.088	5.8	0.3	4.0			APP · MIDW
1979	22	CHW-min	AAA,A	6	0	1.000	3.12	15	9		1	0		75.0	64	30	26	5	41	3	34	2	0	5			1.400	7.7	0.6	4.9	4.1	0.83	IWA,APP · AA,MIDW
1979	22	CHW	AL	0	5	.000	5.34	24	0	9	0	0	2	30.1	30	18	18	0	23	5	18	1	1	3	142	81	1.747	8.9	0.0	6.8	5.3	0.78
1980	23	CHW-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.60	15	9		4	0	1	75.0	59	31	30	5	34	1	56	0	0	6			1.240	7.1	0.6	4.1	6.7	1.65	IWA · AA
1980	23	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	2.63	23	1	8	0	0	1	37.2	38	12	11	1	17	2	24	0	0	1	161	155	1.460	9.1	0.2	4.1	5.7	1.41

1981	24	CHW-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.30	20	20	0	4	0	0	111.0	117	70	53	5	60	2	71	0	0	1			1.595	9.5	0.4	4.9	5.8	1.18	EDM · PCL
1982	25	CHW-min	AAA	8	14	.364	6.90	28	24	3	3	0	1	138.1	186	129	106	20	67	2	72	1	0	7			1.829	12.1	1.3	4.4	4.7	1.07	EDM · PCL
1983	26	CHW-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.76	32	1	22	0	0	5	52.2	49	23	22	1	23	3	50	0	1	2			1.367	8.4	0.2	3.9	8.5	2.17	DEN · AA
1983	26	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	7.50	11	0	4	0	0	0	6.0	14	5	5	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	32	59	2.667	21.0	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.00

1984	27	CHW-min	AAA	4	8	.333	4.74	35	13	12	3	1	3	112.0	124	71	59	6	40	2	76	2	0	6			1.464	10.0	0.5	3.2	6.1	1.90	DEN · AA
1985	28	CHC-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	1.50	9	6	1	0	0	0	36.0	23	9	6	2	17	0	37	0	0	2			1.111	5.8	0.5	4.2	9.2	2.18	IWA · AA
1986	29	CHC-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	2.12	9	9	0	1	1	0	59.1	50	14	14	2	20	1	48	1	0	1			1.180	7.6	0.3	3.0	7.3	2.40	IWA · AA
1986	29	CHC	NL	6	2	.750	3.86	32	8	6	1	0	0	84.0	92	37	36	6	29	7	47	2	1	5	357	105	1.440	9.9	0.6	3.1	5.0	1.62
1987	30	CIN	NL	9	10	.474	4.37	36	22	2	0	0	0	158.2	160	83	77	20	49	5	87	4	1	3	669	97	1.317	9.1	1.1	2.8	4.9	1.78
1988	31	TEX-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.07	7	7	0	0	0	0	41.0	40	14	14	5	11	0	26	0	1	0			1.244	8.8	1.1	2.4	5.7	2.36	OKC · AA
1988	31	TEX	AL	0	0		5.24	11	0	2	0	0	0	22.1	22	14	13	5	8	0	9	1	0	1	99	79	1.343	8.9	2.0	3.2	3.6	1.13
6 Yrs				17	17	.500	4.25	137	31	31	1	0	3	339.0	356	169	160	33	128	19	187	8	3	13	1460	98	1.428	9.5	0.9	3.4	5.0	1.46
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.500	4.25	55	13	13	0	0	1	137	144	68	65	13	52	8	76	3	1	5	591	98	1.428	9.5	0.9	3.4	5.0	1.46

CHW (3 yrs)				2	5	.286	4.14	58	1	21	0	0	3	74.0	82	35	34	2	42	7	44	1	1	4	335	102	1.676	10.0	0.2	5.1	5.4	1.05
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		5.24	11	0	2	0	0	0	22.1	22	14	13	5	8	0	9	1	0	1	99	79	1.343	8.9	2.0	3.2	3.6	1.13
CIN (1 yr)				9	10	.474	4.37	36	22	2	0	0	0	158.2	160	83	77	20	49	5	87	4	1	3	669	97	1.317	9.1	1.1	2.8	4.9	1.78
CHC (1 yr)				6	2	.750	3.86	32	8	6	1	0	0	84.0	92	37	36	6	29	7	47	2	1	5	357	105	1.440	9.9	0.6	3.1	5.0	1.62

AL (4 yrs)				2	5	.286	4.39	69	1	23	0	0	3	96.1	104	49	47	7	50	7	53	2	1	5	434	95	1.599	9.7	0.7	4.7	5.0	1.06
NL (2 yrs)				15	12	.556	4.19	68	30	8	1	0	0	242.2	252	120	113	26	78	12	134	6	2	8	1026	99	1.360	9.3	1.0	2.9	5.0	1.72

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1979	22	CHW	AL	30.1	24	0	18	5.34	4.76	0.08	-0.38	101.6	4.37	-3	-0.3	2.1	-0.2	-0.3	0	.486	.498	$
1980	23	CHW	AL	37.2	23	1	12	2.87	4.71	-0.07	-0.30	100.9	4.52	7	0.7	1.2	-0.0	1.0	11	.531	.504	$

1983	26	CHW	AL	6.0	11	0	5	7.50	4.94	0.39	-0.40	97.2	4.04	-2	-0.2	1.4	-0.1	-0.2	-2	.479	.499	$

1986	29	CHC	NL	84.0	32	8	37	3.96	4.05	-0.40	-0.05	107.0	4.71	7	0.7	.9	-0.1	1.3	15	.523	.505	$
1987	30	CIN	NL	158.2	36	22	83	4.71	4.59	-0.06	0.07	102.7	4.85	1	0.1	.5	-0.1	1.3	19	.503	.501	$75,000
1988	31	TEX	AL	22.1	11	0	14	5.64	4.89	0.22	-0.39	102.3	4.38	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.470	.498	$200,000
6 Seasons				339.0	137	31	169	4.49	4.51	-0.11	-0.08	103.3	4.69	6	0.7	1.2	-0.6	2.9	43	.505	.501	$275,000

CHW (3 yrs)				74.0	58	1	35	4.26	4.75	0.03	-0.34	100.9	4.42	1	0.2	1.6	-0.3	0.5	9	.503	.500	$
TEX (1 yr)				22.1	11	0	14	5.64	4.89	0.22	-0.39	102.3	4.38	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.470	.498	$200,000
CIN (1 yr)				158.2	36	22	83	4.71	4.59	-0.06	0.07	102.7	4.85	1	0.1	.5	-0.1	1.3	19	.503	.501	$75,000
CHC (1 yr)				84.0	32	8	37	3.96	4.05	-0.40	-0.05	107.0	4.71	7	0.7	.9	-0.1	1.3	15	.523	.505	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1979	22	CHW	AL	24	142	115	18	30	5	2	0	4	1	23	18	.261	.388	.339	.728	.309	39	3	1	3	0	5	2
1980	23	CHW	AL	23	161	142	12	38	5	3	1	4	1	17	24	.268	.344	.366	.710	.314	52	3	0	1	1	2	3

1983	26	CHW	AL	11	32	29	5	14	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	.483	.500	.724	1.224	.481	21	3	0	0	1	0	1

1986	29	CHC	NL	32	357	319	37	92	21	0	6	3	10	29	47	.288	.348	.411	.759	.320	131	10	2	4	3	7	3
1987	30	CIN	NL	36	669	602	83	160	40	5	20	9	6	49	87	.266	.323	.449	.771	.280	270	12	4	8	5	5	3
1988	31	TEX	AL	11	99	89	14	22	6	1	5	0	0	8	9	.247	.313	.506	.819	.224	45	1	1	0	1	0	2
6 Yrs				137	1460	1296	169	356	79	12	33	20	18	128	187	.275	.341	.431	.772	.297	558	32	8	16	11	19	14
162 Game Avg.				55	591	525	68	144	32	5	13	8	7	52	76	.275	.341	.431	.772	.297	226	13	3	6	4	8	6
MLB Averages																.260	.325	.390	.715	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1979	22	CHW	AL	-2.5	-0.2	152	-1.6	2.0	-3.7	1.11	-0.2	-1.2	-6.8	-0.6	1.11	-2.6	13	5	4
1980	23	CHW	AL	6.2	0.6	166	0.6	2.6	-2.0	.84	0.2	0.5	6.3	0.6	0.84	3.9	7	4	11

1983	26	CHW	AL	-1.7	-0.2	32	-0.0	0.6	-0.6	1.21	-0.2	0.1	-4.9	-0.5	1.21	-4.0	5	1	3

1986	29	CHC	NL	3.0	0.3	376	0.3	5.6	-5.4	.85	-0.3	0.6	-1.4	-0.1	0.85	-1.9	4	6	14
1987	30	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	687	-0.6	10.8	-11.4	.90	-0.0	-0.6	-3.8	-0.4	0.90	-1.8	1	2	10
1988	31	TEX	AL	-2.4	-0.2	100	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.30	-0.0	-0.8	-3.6	-0.4	0.31	-3.5	1	3	4
6 Yrs				1.1	0.2	1513	-1.6	22.1	-23.7	.87	-0.5	-1.3	-14.3	-1.4	0.87	-9.9	31	21	46

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS
1980	23	CHW	AL	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	54.0	54	54	17	4	1	0	4.0	4.5	5.3

1986	29	CHC	NL	32	8	2	2	4	0	0	5	3	.625	0	2	1	0	3	38%	48.5	65	34	12	2	0	4	5.3	4.1	6.0
1987	30	CIN	NL	36	22	6	10	6	2	5	10	12	.455	5	1	0	0	14	64%	47.3	68	15	16	6	3	10	4.9	5.6	5.8
3 Yrs				91	31	8	12	11	2	5	15	16	.484	6	3	1	0	17	55%	48	68	15	45	12	4	14	5.0	5.2	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	99	-12					4.4	4.3	6.3	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1979	22	CHW	AL	24	24	9	0	5	3	2	1	67%	9	4	30	11	37%	8	1.107	13	5	4	10	3	11	19	5	8	15	8	6	3.8
1980	23	CHW	AL	23	22	8	1	0	1	1	0	100%	6	4	20	3	15%	7	.841	7	4	11	7	1	14	15	7	10	7	14	1	4.4

1983	26	CHW	AL	11	11	4	1	0	0	0	0		3	3	11	6	55%	9	1.205	5	1	3	5	3	3	8	3	1	8	1	3	1.6

1986	29	CHC	NL	32	24	6	4	0	0	0	0		2	2	21	10	48%	6	.846	4	6	14	4	4	16	12	12	11	7	12	4	4.5
1987	30	CIN	NL	36	14	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	5	63%	6	.901	1	2	10	1	1	12	4	10	13	0	13	2	6.6
1988	31	TEX	AL	11	11	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	11	3	27%	2	.304	1	3	4	0	2	9	7	4	6	3	6	0	6.1	35
6 Yrs				137	106	31	9	5	4	3	1	75%	20	13	101	38	38%		.867	31	21	46	27	14	65	65	41	49	40	54	16	4.5	35

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	22	CHW	AL	142	44%	0.0%	12.7%	16.2%	4.9%	23%		1.25	68%				39	3	8%
1980	23	CHW	AL	161	37%	0.6%	14.9%	10.6%	5.6%	24%		1.05	73%				35	3	9%

1983	26	CHW	AL	32	44%	3.1%	6.3%	6.3%	12.5%	29%		2.20	84%				10	3	30%

1986	29	CHC	NL	357	22%	1.7%	13.2%	8.1%	7.6%	29%		1.17	75%				64	10	16%
1987	30	CIN	NL	669	17%	3.0%	13.0%	7.3%	9.7%	41%		1.26	75%				108	12	11%
1988	31	TEX	AL	99	24%	5.1%	9.1%	8.1%	12.1%	55%	0.70	0.87	77%	23%	15.2%	28%	7	1	14%
6 Yrs				1460	25%	2.3%	12.8%	8.8%	8.5%	35%	0.70	1.19	74%	23%	15.2%	28%	263	32	12%
MLB Averages					42%	2.2%	13.8%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	8.2%	41%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	31	TEX	AL	99	353	3.57	201	57%	24%	10%	26%	40%	76%	0%	43%	87%	51%	10%	10	4	12%	12	5	1	33%	2	6	0	0	0
1 Yr				99	353	3.57	201	57%	24%	10%	26%	40%	76%	0%	43%	87%	51%	10%	10	4	12%	12	5	1	33%	2	6	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	57%	5%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1979	22	CHW	AL	142	30			0	0	7	0	0	0	0	16	9	2	56%	2	3	1	72	4	1	80%	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	0
1980	23	CHW	AL	161	38			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	8	1	1	13%	3	1	0	72	4	1	80%	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0

1983	26	CHW	AL	32	14			1	0	2	0	1	0	1	7	5	0	71%	1	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1986	29	CHC	NL	357	92			6	0	9	6	0	6	0	20	11	5	55%	3	5	1	139	3	10	23%	2	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	13	0
1987	30	CIN	NL	669	160			20	1	15	18	2	13	7	42	16	5	38%	3	3	1	217	9	6	60%	8	4	1	2	0	0	2	2	13	0
1988	31	TEX	AL	99	22	1	0	5	0	2	4	1	2	3	4	1	0	25%	2	1	0	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6 Yrs				1460	356	1	0	33	1	37	29	4	21	12	97	43	13	44%	14	13	3	550	20	18	53%	16	12	3	6	1	0	2	2	42	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1979	22	0	5	.000	5.34	24	0	9	0	2	30.1	30	18	18	0	23	5	18	1	1	3	142	81	1.747	8.9	0.0	6.8	5.3	0.78	81
1980	23	1	5	.167	3.84	47	1	17	0	3	68.0	68	30	29	1	40	7	42	1	1	4	303	109	1.588	9.0	0.1	5.3	5.6	1.05	109
1981	24	1	5	.167	3.84	47	1	17	0	3	68.0	68	30	29	1	40	7	42	1	1	4	303	109	1.588	9.0	0.1	5.3	5.6	1.05	109
1982	25	1	5	.167	3.84	47	1	17	0	3	68.0	68	30	29	1	40	7	42	1	1	4	303	109	1.588	9.0	0.1	5.3	5.6	1.05	109
1983	26	2	5	.286	4.14	58	1	21	0	3	74.0	82	35	34	2	42	7	44	1	1	4	335	102	1.676	10.0	0.2	5.1	5.4	1.05	102
1984	27	2	5	.286	4.14	58	1	21	0	3	74.0	82	35	34	2	42	7	44	1	1	4	335	102	1.676	10.0	0.2	5.1	5.4	1.05	102
1985	28	2	5	.286	4.14	58	1	21	0	3	74.0	82	35	34	2	42	7	44	1	1	4	335	102	1.676	10.0	0.2	5.1	5.4	1.05	102
1986	29	8	7	.533	3.99	90	9	27	1	3	158.0	174	72	70	8	71	14	91	3	2	9	692	103	1.551	9.9	0.5	4.0	5.2	1.28	103
1987	30	17	17	.500	4.18	126	31	29	1	3	316.2	334	155	147	28	120	19	178	7	3	12	1361	100	1.434	9.5	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.48	100
1988	31	17	17	.500	4.25	137	31	31	1	3	339.0	356	169	160	33	128	19	187	8	3	13	1460	98	1.428	9.5	0.9	3.4	5.0	1.46	98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979	22	1	2	.333	5.40	30.0	30	20	18	0	23	18	1	1.767	9.0	6.9	5.4	0.78	0.0	24
1980	23	2	1	.667	3.09	35.0	39	13	12	1	17	22	0	1.600	10.0	4.4	5.7	1.29	0.3	23

1983	26	0	0		9.00	5.0	14	6	5	1	2	2	0	3.200	25.2	3.6	3.6	1.00	1.8	11

1986	29	4	4	.500	4.04	78.0	91	39	35	6	29	44	2	1.538	10.5	3.3	5.1	1.52	0.7	32
1987	30	8	9	.471	4.27	154.0	156	81	73	20	48	84	4	1.325	9.1	2.8	4.9	1.75	1.2	36
1988	31	1	1	.500	5.73	22.0	23	16	14	5	8	9	1	1.409	9.4	3.3	3.7	1.13	2.0	11
6 Yrs		16	17	.485	4.36	324.0	353	175	157	33	127	179	8	1.481	9.8		5.0	1.41	0.9	137

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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