Bobby Hofman
Robert George Hofman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 5, 1925 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Beaumont (St. Louis, MO)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1949
Final Game: May 1, 1957
Died: April 5, 1994 in Chesterfield, MO
Relatives: Nephew of Solly Hofman
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1949 NYG NL 23 2B 16 66 23 39 4 8 .939 3.88 .977 5.07
1952 NYG NL 26 2B 21 83 37 43 3 9 .964 3.81 .975 4.96
1952 NYG NL 26 3B 2 7 2 3 2 0 .714 2.50 .971 2.90
1952 NYG NL 26 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 9.20
1953 NYG NL 27 3B 23 61 21 35 5 5 .918 2.43 .952 2.72
1953 NYG NL 27 2B 17 84 34 48 2 13 .976 4.82 .971 4.83
1954 NYG NL 28 1B 21 16 150.0 167 160 6 1 20 .994 -1.4 -11.2 -1.4 -0.6 -0.8 0 9.96 7.90 .991 9.81 9.26
1954 NYG NL 28 2B 10 6 61.0 46 23 22 1 5 .978 0.1 2.0 0.1 -0.7 0.8 0 6.64 4.50 .976 5.58 5.31
1954 NYG NL 28 3B 8 5 32.0 15 9 4 2 0 .867 -0.7 -26.2 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.66 1.63 .953 3.18 2.82
1955 NYG NL 29 1B 24 21 184.0 193 183 10 0 19 1.000 0.7 4.6 0.7 -0.1 0.8 0 9.44 8.04 .991 9.79 9.09
1955 NYG NL 29 2B 19 11 115.0 69 32 36 1 6 .986 -0.8 -8.3 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 5.32 3.58 .974 5.48 5.00
1955 NYG NL 29 C 19 7 77.0 46 40 6 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -15.6 -1 5.38 2.42 .987 5.65 4.82 1 1 3 0 0%
1955 NYG NL 29 3B 5 4 37.0 11 4 7 0 4 1.000 1.3 42.2 1.3 0.7 0.6 0 2.68 2.20 .945 3.14 2.80
1956 NYG NL 30 3B 7 4 36.0 15 4 9 2 0 .867 0.1 3.3 0.1 0.7 -0.7 0 3.25 1.86 .960 3.05 2.64
1956 NYG NL 30 C 7 3 35.0 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 1.0 34.3 1 8.23 4.57 .984 5.84 5.01 0 0 0 1 100%
1956 NYG NL 30 1B 3 0 8.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 9.00 2.67 .988 9.79 8.70
1956 NYG NL 30 2B 2 0 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.00 1.50 .967 5.30 4.65
6 Seasons 2B 85 17 185.0 351 151 189 11 41 .969 -0.5 -3.2 -0.5 -1.5 1.0 0 16.54 4.00 .974 5.50 5.00
4 Seasons 1B 49 37 342.0 370 352 17 1 39 .997 -0.8 -2.8 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 9.71 7.53 .991 9.80 9.14
5 Seasons 3B 45 13 105.0 109 40 58 11 9 .899 0.7 8.0 0.7 1.1 -0.5 0 8.40 2.18 .954 3.12 2.74
2 Seasons C 26 10 112.0 78 71 7 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.27 3.00 .986 5.71 4.87 1 1 3 1 25%
7 Seasons TOT 205 77 744.0 908 614 271 23 91 .975 -0.6 -1.0 -0.6 -1.2 0.5 0 0 10.71 4.32 .954 7.17 5.48 1 1 3 1 25%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 NYG NL 23 19 19 19 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYG NL 26 32 32 32 0 0 1 21 2 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYG NL 27 74 74 74 0 0 0 17 23 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYG NL 28 71 27 71 71 0 0 21 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 41 0
1955 NYG NL 29 96 43 96 96 0 19 24 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 44 1
1956 NYG NL 30 47 7 47 47 0 7 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1957 NYG NL 31 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 341 77 341 341 0 26 49 85 45 0 0 0 0 0 115 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 28 646 67% 79% 27% 31 94% 0 161 11 149 2 14 6 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20 1 0 0 17 1 3 0 3 1 100%
1955 NYG NL 29 524 61% 79% 26% 24 100% 0 124 7 115 2 14 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 10 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1956 NYG NL 30 11 64% 91% 36% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1181 64% 79% 27% 55 96% 0 289 18 268 4 28 10 5 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 31 1 0 0 27 2 4 1 3 3 100%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 NYG NL 28 273 54% 79% 27% 27 93% 0 22 7 12 3 22 18 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 29 455 58% 80% 25% 37 92% 0 25 6 12 7 32 26 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 1
1956 NYG NL 30 38 39% 82% 29% 5 100% 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 766 55% 80% 26% 69 93% 0 50 16 24 10 56 46 10 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 11 6 2 0 0 9 0 8 1 0 1
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1955 NYG NL 29 171 5.84 6.57 2 100% 0 0 17 2 0 2 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1956 NYG NL 30 90 4.05 4.05 3 100% 0 0 22 3 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 261 5.21 5.68 5 100% 0 0 39 5 0 2 32 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.95 4.45 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1955 NYG NL 29 0 1 71 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.70
1956 NYG NL 30 0 0 36 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.76
2 Seasons 0 1 107 3 1 1 25% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0.70 0.76
MLB Averages 45% 1.17 1.16

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 28 130 57% 82% 35% 13 92% 0 9 8 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 29 160 72% 76% 24% 11 100% 0 4 1 1 2 11 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
1956 NYG NL 30 111 59% 73% 27% 10 80% 0 3 3 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 401 64% 77% 28% 34 91% 0 16 12 2 2 20 14 5 0 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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