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Fred Hofmann

Fred Hofmann (Bootnose)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 10, 1894 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1919
Teams (by GP): Yankees/RedSox 1919-1928

Final Game: September 27, 1928
Died: November 19, 1964 in St. Helena, CA
Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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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
1919 25 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /2
1920 26 NYY AL 15 26 24 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .292 .346 .292 .638 67 7 1 0 2
1921 27 NYY AL 23 68 62 7 11 1 1 1 5 0 0 5 13 .177 .250 .274 .524 32 17 1 0 2/3
1922 28 NYY AL 37 101 91 13 27 5 3 2 10 0 0 9 12 .297 .360 .484 .844 116 44 0 1 2
1923 29 NYY AL 72 263 238 24 69 10 4 3 26 2 1 18 27 .290 .350 .403 .753 95 96 4 3 2
1924 30 NYY AL 62 185 166 17 29 6 1 1 11 2 1 12 15 .175 .239 .241 .480 24 40 2 5 2
1925 31 NYY AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /2
1927 33 BOS AL 87 249 217 20 59 19 1 0 24 2 0 21 26 .272 .342 .369 .710 86 80 2 9 2
1928 34 BOS AL 78 213 199 14 45 8 1 0 16 0 1 11 25 .226 .270 .276 .547 46 55 1 2 2
9 Seasons 378 1108 1000 98 247 49 11 7 93 6 3 77 120 .247 .308 .339 .647 69 339 11 20
162 Game Avg. 162 475 429 42 106 21 5 3 40 3 33 51 .247 .308 .339 .647 69 145 5 9
NYY (7 yrs) 213 646 584 64 143 22 9 7 53 4 2 45 69 .245 .308 .349 .657 69 204 8 9
BOS (2 yrs) 165 462 416 34 104 27 2 0 40 2 1 32 51 .250 .308 .325 .633 67 135 3 11

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1919 25 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
1920 26 NYY AL 26 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 2
1921 27 NYY AL 68 -7 0 0 0 -1 1 2 -5 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 2/3
1922 28 NYY AL 101 2 0 0 0 -1 1 3 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $ 2
1923 29 NYY AL 263 -1 0 0 0 -1 2 9 9 0.9 10 1.0 -0.1 $ 2
1924 30 NYY AL 185 -20 0 0 0 -1 2 6 -13 -1.2 -12 -1.2 0.0 $ 2
1925 31 NYY AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
1927 33 BOS AL 249 -6 -1 0 0 -3 3 8 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $ 2
1928 34 BOS AL 213 -16 -1 0 0 1 2 7 -7 -0.7 -8 -0.8 0.1 $ 2
9 Seasons 1108 -50 -2 0 0 -7 11 36 -12 -1.0 -5 -0.5 -0.5 $
NYY (7 yrs) 646 -28 0 0 0 -5 6 21 -6 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $
BOS (2 yrs) 462 -22 -2 0 0 -2 5 15 -6 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1923 29 NYY AL WS NYG W 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1919 NYY AL 25 C 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 5.60 0 0 1 100%
1920 NYY AL 26 C 14 2 2 21 17 2 2 0 .905 1.36 .973 5.11 1 0 1 100%
1921 NYY AL 27 C 18 14 12 84 69 11 4 1 .952 4.44 .971 4.89 3 5 7 58%
1921 NYY AL 27 1B 1 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 .991 10.60
1922 NYY AL 28 C 29 23 22 106 91 11 4 1 .962 3.52 .977 4.81 4 8 4 33%
1923 NYY AL 29 C 70 64 56 333 292 34 7 7 .979 4.66 .975 4.82 12 32 17 35%
1924 NYY AL 30 C 54 47 35 226 179 45 2 2 .991 4.15 .972 4.61 9 23 23 50%
1925 NYY AL 31 C 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 4.60 0 0 0
1927 BOS AL 33 C 81 73 39 318 241 59 18 4 .943 3.70 .974 4.63 6 68 28 29%
1928 BOS AL 34 C 71 63 39 272 223 44 5 7 .982 3.76 .976 4.71 3 44 29 40%
9 Seasons C 339 286 205 1363 1113 208 42 22 .969 3.90 .974 4.73 38 180 110 38%
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 .991 10.60
9 Seasons TOT 340 286 205 1370 1120 208 42 22 .969 3.91 .974 4.75 38 180 110 38%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1927 AL  18 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1923 AL  12 (3rd)
1924 AL  9 (3rd)
1927 AL  6 (4th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1927 AL  66 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1928 AL  32 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1924 AL  49.0 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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