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Solly Hofman
Arthur Frederick Hofman (Circus Solly)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 29, 1882 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1903
Final Game: August 25, 1916
Died: March 10, 1956 in St.Louis, MO
Relatives: Uncle of Bobby Hofman
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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
1903 20 PIT NL 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /O
1904 21 CHC NL 7 27 26 7 7 0 0 1 4 2 1 .269 .296 .385 .681 109 10 0 0 /O6
1905 22 CHC NL 86 316 287 43 68 14 4 1 38 15 20 .237 .289 .324 .613 79 93 1 8 4/365O
1906 23 CHC NL 64 221 195 30 50 2 3 2 20 13 20 .256 .326 .328 .654 99 64 0 6 O3/645
1907 24 CHC NL 134 536 470 67 126 11 3 1 36 29 41 .268 .328 .311 .639 95 146 1 24 O63/54
1908 25 CHC NL 120 478 411 55 100 15 5 2 42 15 33 .243 .309 .319 .628 97 131 6 28 O34/5
1909 26 CHC NL 153 613 527 60 150 21 4 2 58 20 53 .285 .351 .351 .702 115 185 1 32 *O
1910 27 CHC NL 136 572 477 83 155 24 16 3 86 29 65 34 .325 .406 .461 .867 154 220 0 30 *O3/5
1911 28 CHC NL 143 605 512 66 129 17 2 2 70 30 66 40 .252 .341 .305 .645 81 156 3 24 *O3
1912 29 TOT NL 53 210 178 35 49 15 1 0 20 5 27 19 .275 .374 .371 .745 104 66 1 4 O/3
1912 29 CHC NL 36 150 125 28 34 11 0 0 18 5 22 13 .272 .385 .360 .745 104 45 1 2 O/3
1912 29 PIT NL 17 60 53 7 15 4 1 0 2 0 5 6 .283 .345 .396 .741 103 21 0 2 O
1913 30 PIT NL 28 95 83 11 19 5 2 0 7 3 8 6 .229 .297 .337 .634 84 28 0 4 O
1914 31 BTT FL 147 583 515 65 148 25 12 5 83 34 54 41 .287 .357 .412 .769 119 212 2 12 *43O/6
1915 32 BUF FL 109 386 346 29 81 10 6 0 27 12 30 28 .234 .295 .298 .593 73 103 0 10 O3/546
1916 33 TOT MLB 11 47 43 2 13 3 2 0 4 1 3 3 .302 .348 .465 .813 141 20 0 1 O
1916 33 NYY AL 6 29 27 0 8 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 .296 .321 .407 .729 117 11 0 1 /O
1916 33 CHC NL 5 18 16 2 5 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 .313 .389 .563 .951 179 9 0 0 /O
14 Seasons 1194 4691 4072 554 1095 162 60 19 495 208 421 171 .269 .340 .352 .692 104 1434 15 183
162 Game Avg. 162 636 552 75 149 22 8 3 67 28 57 .269 .340 .352 .692 104 195 2 25
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
CHC (10 yrs) 884 3536 3046 441 824 117 38 14 374 158 323 89 .271 .343 .348 .691 105 1059 13 154
PIT (3 yrs) 48 157 138 19 34 9 3 0 9 3 13 12 .246 .311 .355 .666 89 49 0 6
BTT (1 yr) 147 583 515 65 148 25 12 5 83 34 54 41 .287 .357 .412 .769 119 212 2 12
NYY (1 yr) 6 29 27 0 8 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 .296 .321 .407 .729 117 11 0 1
BUF (1 yr) 109 386 346 29 81 10 6 0 27 12 30 28 .234 .295 .298 .593 73 103 0 10
NL (12 yrs) 932 3693 3184 460 858 126 41 14 383 161 336 101 .269 .342 .348 .690 105 1108 13 160
FL (2 yrs) 256 969 861 94 229 35 18 5 110 46 84 69 .266 .333 .366 .698 101 315 2 22
AL (1 yr) 6 29 27 0 8 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 .296 .321 .407 .729 117 11 0 1

Postseason Batting

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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
1906 23 CHC NL WS CHW L 6 27 23 3 7 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 5 .304 .385 .348 .732 8 0 0 1 0 0
1908 25 CHC NL WS DET W 5 20 19 2 6 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 4 .316 .350 .421 .771 8 0 0 0 0 0
1910 27 CHC NL WS PHA L 5 21 15 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .267 .400 .267 .667 4 0 0 1 1 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 16 68 57 7 17 1 1 0 8 3 1 8 12 .298 .379 .351 .730 20 0 0 2 1 0
3 WS 16 68 57 7 17 1 1 0 8 3 1 8 12 .298 .379 .351 .730 20 0 0 2 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1903 PIT NL 20 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-1-0
1904 CHC NL 21 OF 6 9 7 2 0 1 1.000 1.50 .944 1.87 1-3-2
1904 CHC NL 21 SS 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 .925 5.30
1905 CHC NL 22 2B 59 331 138 178 15 13 .955 5.36 .942 5.11
1905 CHC NL 22 1B 9 95 86 6 3 2 .968 10.22 .981 10.48
1905 CHC NL 22 SS 9 39 17 19 3 3 .923 4.00 .931 5.48
1905 CHC NL 22 3B 3 13 3 8 2 0 .846 3.67 .931 3.17
1905 CHC NL 22 OF 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 .960 1.93 0-2-1
1906 CHC NL 23 OF 23 41 38 2 1 1 .976 1.74 .959 1.86 1-17-6
1906 CHC NL 23 1B 21 197 186 9 2 10 .990 9.29 .984 10.57
1906 CHC NL 23 SS 9 55 20 32 3 7 .945 5.78 .933 5.32
1906 CHC NL 23 2B 4 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .950 4.97
1906 CHC NL 23 3B 4 13 5 7 1 0 .923 3.00 .931 3.20
1907 CHC NL 24 OF 69 160 136 14 10 4 .938 2.17 .961 1.94 12-23-35
1907 CHC NL 24 SS 42 214 81 116 17 21 .921 4.69 .933 5.03
1907 CHC NL 24 1B 18 210 204 4 2 7 .990 11.56 .984 10.25
1907 CHC NL 24 3B 4 7 4 2 1 0 .857 1.50 .929 3.32
1907 CHC NL 24 2B 3 19 10 8 1 4 .947 6.00 .953 5.13
1908 CHC NL 25 OF 50 133 118 9 6 1 .955 2.54 .960 1.99 0-50-2
1908 CHC NL 25 1B 37 388 357 20 11 10 .972 10.19 .986 10.67
1908 CHC NL 25 2B 22 102 41 55 6 5 .941 4.36 .955 5.03
1908 CHC NL 25 3B 9 29 16 13 0 0 1.000 3.22 .928 3.26
1909 CHC NL 26 OF 153 376 347 16 13 5 .965 2.37 .961 2.01 0-143-11
1910 CHC NL 27 OF 110 275 249 19 7 4 .975 2.44 .958 2.10 0-110-1
1910 CHC NL 27 1B 24 225 212 8 5 10 .978 9.17 .984 10.07
1910 CHC NL 27 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.10
1911 CHC NL 28 OF 107 249 230 11 8 5 .968 2.25 .960 2.07 2-107-0
1911 CHC NL 28 1B 36 376 353 17 6 17 .984 10.28 .985 9.90
1912 TOT NL 29 OF 42 117 106 10 1 4 .991 2.76 .955 2.16 0-42-0
1912 CHC NL 29 OF 27 75 67 7 1 4 .987 2.74 .955 2.16 0-27-0
1912 CHC NL 29 1B 9 81 77 2 2 7 .975 8.78 .988 9.99
1912 PIT NL 29 OF 15 42 39 3 0 0 1.000 2.80 .955 2.16 0-15-0
1913 PIT NL 30 OF 24 55 50 3 2 1 .964 2.21 .960 2.08 0-23-2
1914 BTT FL 31 2B 108 548 232 289 27 39 .951 4.82 .951 4.89
1914 BTT FL 31 1B 22 193 173 16 4 13 .979 8.59 .985 10.12
1914 BTT FL 31 OF 21 45 37 7 1 2 .978 2.10 .949 1.87 10-10-1
1914 BTT FL 31 SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.00
1915 BUF FL 32 OF 82 154 132 16 6 5 .961 1.80 .963 1.99 46-20-18
1915 BUF FL 32 1B 11 95 86 7 2 1 .979 8.45 .987 10.07
1915 BUF FL 32 3B 4 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .938 3.15
1915 BUF FL 32 2B 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .933 4.75
1915 BUF FL 32 SS 1 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 8.00 .925 5.00
1916 TOT MLB 33 OF 10 27 24 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 .963 2.02 4-6-0
1916 NYY AL 33 OF 6 19 17 2 0 0 1.000 3.17 .963 2.03 0-6-0
1916 CHC NL 33 OF 4 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .962 2.00 4-0-0
14 Seasons OF 702 1646 1478 113 55 33 .967 2.27 .960 2.02 77-557-79
6 Seasons 2B 198 1009 426 534 49 61 .951 4.85 .949 4.98
9 Seasons 1B 187 1860 1734 89 37 77 .980 9.75 .985 10.25
6 Seasons SS 63 321 124 173 24 32 .925 4.71 .932 5.14
6 Seasons 3B 25 71 36 31 4 0 .944 2.68 .930 3.22
14 Seasons TOT 1175 4907 3798 940 169 203 .966 4.03 .930 4.02 77-557-79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1910 NL--.325--3rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1910 NL--.406--4th

Slugging % s c a p y
1910 NL--.461--2nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1910 NL--.867--3rd

Games Played s c a p y
1909 NL--153--3rd

Triples s c a p y
1910 NL--16--3rd
1914 FL--12--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1910 NL--86--4th
1914 FL--83--9th

Singles s c a p y
1909 NL--123--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1910 NL--154--3rd

Runs Created s c a p y
1910 NL--89--4th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1910 NL--33--2nd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1910 NL--3.6--2nd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1910 NL--43--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1910 NL--.755--3rd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1907 NL--24--10th
1908 NL--28--8th
1909 NL--32--3rd
1910 NL--30--7th
Career--183--102nd

Youngest s c a p y
1903 NL--born 1882-10-29--6th
1904 NL--born 1882-10-29--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 18 (1065), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1739), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Farmer Weaver (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Possum Whitted (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Possum Whitted (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Art Devlin (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August, 1904: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from Des Moines (Western) for $1,500.

May 30, 1912: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with King Cole to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tommy Leach and Lefty Leifield.

February 19, 1914: Jumped from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.

Before 1916 Season: Released by the Buffalo Blues.

Before 1916 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

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