Guy Hoffman
Guy Alan Hoffman
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 9, 1956 in Ottawa, IL
High School: Marquette (Ottawa, IL)
School: Bradley University
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1979
Final Game: September 21, 1988
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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
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 80 1.747 8.9 0.0 6.8 5.3 0.78
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 1 161 154 1.460 9.1 0.2 4.1 5.7 1.41
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 56 2.667 21.0 1.5 3.0 3.0 1.00
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 5 357 104 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 96 1.317 9.1 1.1 2.8 4.9 1.78
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 78 1.343 8.9 2.0 3.2 3.6 1.13
6 Seasons 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 4 335 100 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 78 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 96 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 5 357 104 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 94 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
1987 30 CIN NL 36 668 602 83 160 40 5 20 9 6 49 87 .266 .323 .449 .771 .280 270 12 4 8 5 5
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
6 Seasons 137 1459 1296 169 356 79 12 33 20 18 128 187 .275 .341 .431 .772 .297 558 32 8 16 11 19
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1980 23 CHW AL 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 54 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% 49 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 68 15 16 6 3 10 4.9 5.6 5.8
3 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 1.118 13 5 6 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 0.855 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 1.230 6 0 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 0.875 4 9 11 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 0.899 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 0.331 1 3 5 0 2 9 7 4 6 3 6 0 6.1 35
6 Seasons 137 106 31 9 5 4 3 1 75% 20 13 101 38 38% 0.878 32 23 46 27 14 65 65 41 49 40 54 16 4.5 35

Ratio Pitching*

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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 56% 0.0% 12.7% 16.2% 4.9% 23% 1.25 68% 39 3 8%
1980 23 CHW AL 161 63% 0.6% 14.9% 10.6% 5.6% 24% 1.05 73% 35 3 9%
1983 26 CHW AL 32 56% 3.1% 6.3% 6.3% 12.5% 29% 2.20 84% 10 3 30%
1986 29 CHC NL 357 78% 1.7% 13.2% 8.1% 7.6% 29% 1.17 75% 64 10 16%
1987 30 CIN NL 669 83% 3.0% 13.0% 7.3% 9.7% 41% 1.26 75% 108 12 11%
1988 31 TEX AL 99 76% 5.1% 9.1% 8.1% 12.1% 55% 0.70 0.87 77% 23% 15.2% 28% 7 1 14%
6 Seasons 1460 75% 2.3% 12.8% 8.8% 8.5% 35% 0.70 1.19 75% 23% 15.2% 28% 263 32 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 Season 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

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1979 22 0 5 .000 5.34 24 0 9 0 0 2 30.1 30 18 18 0 23 5 18 1 1 3 142 80 1.747 8.9 0.0 6.8 5.3 0.78 80
1980 23 1 5 .167 3.84 47 1 17 0 0 3 68.0 68 30 29 1 40 7 42 1 1 4 303 108 1.588 9.0 0.1 5.3 5.6 1.05 108
1981 24 1 5 .167 3.84 47 1 17 0 0 3 68.0 68 30 29 1 40 7 42 1 1 4 303 108 1.588 9.0 0.1 5.3 5.6 1.05 108
1982 25 1 5 .167 3.84 47 1 17 0 0 3 68.0 68 30 29 1 40 7 42 1 1 4 303 108 1.588 9.0 0.1 5.3 5.6 1.05 108
1983 26 2 5 .286 4.14 58 1 21 0 0 3 74.0 82 35 34 2 42 7 44 1 1 4 335 100 1.676 10.0 0.2 5.1 5.4 1.05 100
1984 27 2 5 .286 4.14 58 1 21 0 0 3 74.0 82 35 34 2 42 7 44 1 1 4 335 100 1.676 10.0 0.2 5.1 5.4 1.05 100
1985 28 2 5 .286 4.14 58 1 21 0 0 3 74.0 82 35 34 2 42 7 44 1 1 4 335 100 1.676 10.0 0.2 5.1 5.4 1.05 100
1986 29 8 7 .533 3.99 90 9 27 1 0 3 158.0 174 72 70 8 71 14 91 3 2 9 692 102 1.551 9.9 0.5 4.0 5.2 1.28 102
1987 30 17 17 .500 4.18 126 31 29 1 0 3 316.2 334 155 147 28 120 19 178 7 3 12 1361 99 1.434 9.5 0.8 3.4 5.1 1.48 99
1988 31 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 98

Neutralized Pitching

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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 5.10 30.0 29 19 17 0 22 18 1 1.700 8.7 6.6 5.4 0.82 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 4.10 79.0 90 40 36 6 28 44 2 1.494 10.3 3.2 5.0 1.57 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 Seasons 16 17 .485 4.35 325.0 351 175 157 33 125 179 8 1.465 9.7 5.0 1.43 0.9 137

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