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Bobby Hofman

Robert George Hofman

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 5, 1925 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Beaumont HS (St. Louis, MO)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1949
Team: Giants 1949-1957

Final Game: May 5, 1957
Died: April 5, 1994 in Chesterfield, MO
Buried: Bethlehem Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO
Relatives: Nephew of Solly Hofman
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Standard Batting

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
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1949 23 NYG NL 19 55 48 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 5 6 .208 .296 .208 .505 38 10 1 1 1 4
1952 26 NYG NL 32 72 63 11 18 2 2 2 4 0 0 8 10 .286 .375 .476 .851 133 30 2 1 0 4/53
1953 27 NYG NL 74 182 169 21 45 7 2 12 34 1 1 12 23 .266 .315 .544 .859 116 92 7 0 1 54
1954 28 NYG NL 71 147 125 12 28 5 0 8 30 0 0 17 15 .224 .317 .456 .773 99 57 3 1 3 2 34/5
1955 29 NYG NL 96 232 207 32 55 7 2 10 28 0 2 22 31 .266 .336 .464 .800 109 96 8 1 0 2 2 342/5
1956 30 NYG NL 47 63 56 1 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 8 .179 .270 .196 .466 29 11 2 1 1 0 0 /5234
1957 31 NYG NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 341 753 670 81 166 22 6 32 101 1 3 70 94 .248 .322 .442 .764 99 296 23 5 6 4 2
162 Game Avg. 162 358 318 38 79 10 3 15 48 0 33 45 .248 .322 .442 .764 99 141 11 2 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1949 23 NYG NL 19 55 -4 -0 -0 1 1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .484 .498 -0.2 0.2 -2 $ 4
1952 26 NYG NL 32 72 3 0 -0 -2 1 1 0.1 2 4 0.4 .504 .501 0.6 -0.1 6 $ 4/53
1953 27 NYG NL 74 182 2 -0 -1 -1 1 0 -0.0 6 6 0.6 .500 .500 0.8 -0.1 7 $ 54
1954 28 NYG NL 71 147 -1 -1 0 -2 -1 -4 -0.5 5 1 0.0 .494 .497 0.3 -0.3 3 $ 34/5
1955 29 NYG NL 96 232 2 -1 -1 0 0 1 -0.0 8 8 0.8 .501 .500 0.8 -0.1 8 $ 342/5
1956 30 NYG NL 47 63 -6 -0 -0 1 0 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.3 .489 .497 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ /5234
1957 31 NYG NL 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .473 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
7 Seasons 341 753 -5 -3 -3 -3 2 -10 -1.3 25 15 1.3 .497 .499 1.8 -0.3 18 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1949 23 NYG NL 55 40 3 2.0 104 .238 .208 .270 .296 .344 .208 .405 .505 .749 38 .181 -4.2 -0.4 .410 .104 .000
1952 26 NYG NL 72 47 11 6.3 98 .314 .286 .263 .375 .336 .476 .391 .851 .727 133 .680 2.8 0.3 .830 .317 .190 .0
1953 27 NYG NL 182 133 29 5.8 113 .246 .266 .278 .315 .349 .544 .433 .859 .782 116 .581 2.7 0.3 .788 .349 .278 1.8
1954 28 NYG NL 147 105 18 4.6 110 .192 .224 .275 .317 .347 .456 .426 .773 .773 99 .480 -0.5 -0.1 .750 .368 .232 .0
1955 29 NYG NL 232 164 30 4.9 106 .268 .266 .267 .336 .338 .464 .422 .800 .760 109 .520 2.4 0.2 .722 .295 .198 .0
1956 30 NYG NL 63 49 3 1.6 102 .208 .179 .263 .270 .330 .196 .415 .466 .745 29 .138 -5.5 -0.6 .375 .125 .018
1957 31 NYG NL 2 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .268 .000 .332 .000 .416 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 753 540 94 4.6 107 .245 .248 .271 .322 .342 .442 .421 .764 .763 99 .499 -2.9 -0.3 .696 .296 .194 1.9
162 Game Avg. 358 257 45 4.6 107 .245 .248 .271 .322 .342 .442 .421 .764 .763 99 .499 -2.9 -0.3 .696 .296 .194 1

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1949 23 NYG NL 55 0.0% 10.9% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 1.20 8.0 16.0 0.56 76%
1952 26 NYG NL 72 2.8% 13.9% 11.1% 8.3% 33% 1.25 6.3 31.5 15.8 0.71 71%
1953 27 NYG NL 182 6.6% 12.6% 6.6% 11.5% 47% 1.92 7.3 14.1 5.0 0.84 74%
1954 28 NYG NL 147 5.4% 10.2% 11.6% 8.8% 46% 0.88 8.3 15.6 4.2 0.84 71%
1955 29 NYG NL 232 4.3% 13.4% 9.5% 8.2% 35% 1.41 6.7 20.7 7.4 0.83 72%
1956 30 NYG NL 63 0.0% 12.7% 9.5% 1.6% 10% 1.33 7.0 28.0 1.40 76%
1957 31 NYG NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
7 Yrs 753 4.3% 12.5% 9.3% 8.0% 36% 1.34 7.1 20.9 6.6 0.85 73%
MLB Averages 2.1% 10.8% 9.5% 6.5% 28% 1.13 8.2 42.0 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1949 23 NYG NL -4.2 -0.4 26 0.1 0.5 -0.4 1.07 -0.1 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.95 -0.2 0.53 2
1952 26 NYG NL 2.8 0.3 60 0.4 1.0 -0.6 .68 0.3 0.3 2.8 0.3 0.85 4.7 0.65 6
1953 27 NYG NL 2.7 0.3 174 0.7 4.0 -3.3 1.10 0.1 0.5 4.3 0.4 0.95 0.4 1.75 35
1954 28 NYG NL -0.5 -0.1 144 0.7 3.9 -3.2 1.38 -0.0 0.5 1.7 0.2 1.07 -0.4 2.49 33
1955 29 NYG NL 2.4 0.2 210 -0.4 4.9 -5.4 1.25 0.1 -0.5 -4.3 -0.4 0.97 -1.6 1.99 36
1956 30 NYG NL -5.5 -0.6 56 -0.6 0.9 -1.5 1.30 -0.6 0.1 -6.8 -0.7 0.98 -7.0 1.52 27
1957 31 NYG NL -0.6 -0.1 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .93 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0.93 1
7 Yrs -3.0 -0.3 671 0.9 15.2 -14.3 1.18 -0.2 0.9 -1.5 -0.2 0.97 -4.3 1.87 140

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1949 23 NYG NL 0 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 26 NYG NL 0 0 36% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 57% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
1953 27 NYG NL 1 0 20% 35 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1954 28 NYG NL 1 0 11% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 30% 6 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
1955 29 NYG NL 2 0 32% 58 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 29% 8 7 1 5 2 2 4 2 2
1956 30 NYG NL 0 0 6% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 31 NYG NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 4 0 23% 171 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 5 35% 26 19 5 6 3 2 11 3 8

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1949 23 NYG NL 55 4% 10 2 0 0 0 0.53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 33% 0 0 12 2 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1952 26 NYG NL 72 40% 18 6 1 0 0 0.65 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0% 8 2 25% 4 1 25% 22 3 14% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1953 27 NYG NL 182 53% 45 35 13 3 7 1.75 12 1 4 4 6 5 7 0 1 1 100% 36 7 19% 15 4 27% 117 22 19% 6 3 50% 8 3 38% 0
1954 28 NYG NL 147 60% 28 33 9 3 9 2.49 8 1 11 2 6 6 2 0 3 3 100% 39 3 8% 21 11 52% 124 24 19% 16 11 69% 8 5 63% 0
1955 29 NYG NL 232 55% 55 36 9 3 4 1.99 10 0 4 7 3 7 3 0 2 0 0% 45 8 18% 20 3 15% 141 17 12% 12 3 25% 10 5 50% 0
1956 30 NYG NL 63 60% 10 27 5 0 1 1.52 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 2 22% 4 2 50% 41 4 10% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
1957 31 NYG NL 2 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 753 53% 166 140 37 9 21 1.87 32 2 21 13 17 20 12 0 8 6 75% 140 23 16% 64 21 33% 457 72 16% 40 19 48% 30 16 53% 0
MLB Averages 50% 87% 12% 32% 14% 50% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 23 19 55 48 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 5 6 .208 .296 .208 .505 38 10 1 1 1
1950 24 19 55 48 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 5 6 .208 .296 .208 .505 38 10 1 1 1
1951 25 19 55 48 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 5 6 .208 .296 .208 .505 38 10 1 1 1
1952 26 51 127 111 15 28 2 2 2 7 0 0 13 16 .252 .341 .360 .702 91 40 3 2 1
1953 27 125 309 280 36 73 9 4 14 41 1 1 25 39 .261 .326 .471 .797 107 132 10 2 2
1954 28 196 456 405 48 101 14 4 22 71 1 1 42 54 .249 .323 .467 .790 104 189 13 3 5 2
1955 29 292 688 612 80 156 21 6 32 99 1 3 64 85 .255 .327 .466 .793 106 285 21 4 5 4 2
1956 30 339 751 668 81 166 22 6 32 101 1 3 70 93 .249 .323 .443 .766 100 296 23 5 6 4 2
1957 31 341 753 670 81 166 22 6 32 101 1 3 70 94 .248 .322 .442 .764 99 296 23 5 6 4 2

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1949 23 20 58 50 4 11 0 0 0 3 0 6 6 .220 .316 .220 .536 3 19
1952 26 33 77 67 13 20 2 2 2 5 0 9 10 .299 .390 .478 .867 13 32
1953 27 77 186 173 20 44 7 2 12 32 1 12 24 .254 .303 .526 .829 27 74
1954 28 75 153 130 12 28 5 0 8 30 0 17 16 .215 .307 .438 .745 18 71
1955 29 101 241 216 32 56 7 2 10 28 0 22 33 .259 .328 .449 .777 33 96
1956 30 49 68 59 1 11 1 0 0 2 0 7 8 .186 .284 .203 .487 3 47
1957 31 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
7 Yrs 357 785 697 82 170 22 6 32 100 1 73 98 .244 .318 .430 .749 97 341
162 Game Avg. 162 356 316 37 77 10 3 15 45 0 33 44 .244 .318 .430 .749 44 341

* 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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