Bobby Hofman

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: October 5, 1925 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: April 5, 1994 in Chesterfield, MO

Buried: Bethlehem Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO

High School: Beaumont HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: April 19, 1949 (Age 23-196d, 10,575th in major league history)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 5, 1957 (Age 31-212d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Robert George Hofman

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Relatives: Nephew of Solly Hofman

1954 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

670

166

.248

RBI

101

OBP

.322

SLG

.442

OPS

.764

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 17 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
2	7	Apr 18	NYG		PIT	W,12-3	GF	25	5.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
3	12 (4)	Apr 27	NYG		MLN	L,6-9	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	24 (11)	May 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
5	25	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
6	28 (2)	May 15 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
7	37 (8)	May 25 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	39 (1)	May 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	42 (2)	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,5-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
10	43	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	GS	30	7.1	1	1	0	2	1	2B
11	44	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
12	45	May 31	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	46	Jun 1	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
14	48 (1)	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
15	50 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
16	51	Jun 5 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	GS	34	8.2	0	2	1	3	0	2B
17	58 (6)	Jun 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 2B
18	59	Jun 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	14	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	PH 2B
19	60	Jun 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
20	61	Jun 18	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
21	62	Jun 19	NYG	@	MLN	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
22	63	Jun 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
23	64	Jun 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
24	65	Jun 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
25	67 (1)	Jun 25	NYG	@	STL	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	74 (6)	Jul 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
27	77 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	78	Jul 5	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
29	79	Jul 6	NYG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
30	80	Jul 7	NYG		PHI	W,8-5	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	82 (1)	Jul 9	NYG		BRO	W,10-2	GS	24	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
32	86 (3)	Jul 16	NYG		MLN	W,8-7	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
33	88 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	NYG		MLN	L,1-3	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
34	92 (3)	Jul 20	NYG		STL	L,2-9	GF	22	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	PH 2B
35	93	Jul 21	NYG		STL	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B C
36	96 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,4-6	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
37	97	Jul 24 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
38	98	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	55	12.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B C
39	99	Jul 27 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
40	102 (2)	Jul 29	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
41	103	Jul 30	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
42	104	Jul 31	NYG	@	MLN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	105	Aug 1	NYG	@	STL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
44	109 (3)	Aug 5	NYG	@	CIN	W,12-9	GF	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	PR 2B
45	111 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B C
46	114 (2)	Aug 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
47	120 (5)	Aug 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-8	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	121	Aug 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,14-9	GF	25	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	125 (3)	Aug 26	NYG		MLN	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
50	126	Aug 27	NYG		MLN	L,4-5	CG	42	11.0	8	4	0	12	3	1B
51	127	Aug 28	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	GS	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
52	130 (2)	Aug 30 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
53	131	Aug 31	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	133 (1)	Sep 2	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-5	GF	15	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
55	134	Sep 3	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
56	135	Sep 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B C
57	136	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,5-8	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
58	139 (2)	Sep 8	NYG	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
59	140	Sep 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	1B
60	146 (5)	Sep 17	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
61	152 (5)	Sep 23	NYG		PHI	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	7	1	8	0
62	154 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
							67gm		413.0	259	59	1	319	30