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Bobby
Hofman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 5, 1925 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1952    1955    1958    1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 23 BRK NL     4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 7 7
1950 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 7 7 7
1951 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 7 7
1952 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1953 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1954 28 BRK NL $ 3,978,571   7 7 7 8 8 8 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1955 29 BRK NL $ 3,978,571   7 7 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
1956 30 BRK NL $ 5,671,429   7 7 7 8 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 7
1957 31 BRK NL $ 6,670,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 7
1958 32 DET AL $ 6,670,000   7 7 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 7
1959 33 NYA AL $ 6,670,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6
1960 34 NYA AL $ 8,170,000   6 6 7 7 6 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1961 35 NYA AL $ 8,170,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 5 4 4 5 4 5 7 7 7
1962 36 MON NL $ 8,170,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,170,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1949 23 AA   137 510 92 128 9 0 44 96 5 4 92 68 .251 .365 .527 .893 101.6  
1950 24 BRK NL 71 197 38 56 5 4 7 25 0 0 23 28 .284 .357 .457 .814 31.9 5.4
    AAA   54 218 44 79 13 3 26 62 2 1 36 17 .362 .453 .807 1.260 67.4  
1951 25 BRK NL 132 389 67 108 11 4 20 82 0 0 54 44 .278 .362 .481 .842 67.0 10.6
1952 26 BRK NL 145 527 83 150 14 9 22 105 0 0 50 60 .285 .346 .471 .816 82.7 15.0
1953 27 BRK NL 146 541 88 175 7 5 30 94 0 0 51 76 .323 .383 .521 .904 101.6 20.8
1954 28 BRK NL 143 443 66 134 11 0 24 81 0 0 50 59 .302 .376 .490 .866 78.1 14.2
1955 29 BRK NL 144 514 110 171 21 2 32 112 0 0 75 81 .333 .416 .568 .984 111.2 25.1
1956 30 BRK NL 149 538 64 121 13 7 14 70 0 0 57 104 .225 .301 .353 .654 58.6 6.2
1957 31 BRK NL 158 558 87 147 19 3 21 87 0 0 71 109 .263 .344 .421 .765 79.6 14.0
1958 32 DET AL 152 600 94 185 28 4 22 102 0 0 48 105 .308 .359 .478 .837 93.5 17.9
1959 33 NYA AL 135 485 65 133 20 3 23 83 0 0 42 96 .274 .333 .470 .803 71.0 13.2
1960 34 NYA AL 155 557 79 150 20 8 19 67 0 2 56 111 .269 .337 .436 .773 76.4 13.9
1961 35 NYA AL 156 570 72 155 20 2 19 73 0 0 46 115 .272 .327 .414 .741 72.8 12.1
1962 36 MON NL 115 286 56 94 9 1 10 49 0 0 24 48 .329 .384 .472 .856 46.6 11.1
13 Years Sim 1801 6205 969 1779 198 52 263 1030 0 2 647 1036 .287 .354 .463 .817 971.0 179.5
1 Years AAA 54 218 44 79 13 3 26 62 2 1 36 17 .362 .453 .807 1.261 67.4  
1 Years AA 137 510 92 128 9 0 44 96 5 4 92 68 .251 .370 .527 .898 101.6  
2 Years Minors 191 728 136 207 22 3 70 158 7 5 128 85 .284 .395 .611 1.006 168.9  
162 Game Average 558 87 160 17 4 23 92 0 0 58 93 .287 .354 .463 .817 87.3  
Career Highs 158 600 110 185 28 9 32 112 0 2 75 115 .333 .416 .568 .984 111.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3506 503 980 111 26 139 607 0 2 331 592 .280 .342 .445 .787 528.5
vs LH   2699 466 799 87 26 124 423 0 0 316 444 .296 .370 .485 .855 474.3
Home 888 3007 456 842 80 28 114 466 0 1 310 498 .280 .349 .439 .788 458.1
Away 913 3198 513 937 118 24 149 564 0 1 337 538 .293 .359 .485 .844 544.7
RISP   1596 0 462 59 19 59 740 0 0 210 257 .289 .364 .461 .825 272.2
Pinch Hitting   209 31 62 14 0 4 33 0 0 21 29 .297 .362 .421 .783 30.9
Close/Late   754 100 221 31 9 25 113 0 0 87 109 .293 .367 .458 .825 124.1
Mar/Apr 265 908 146 257 23 10 46 165 0 0 88 163 .283 .350 .482 .832 149.6
May 304 971 131 288 39 3 42 162 0 1 86 151 .297 .354 .473 .826 157.0
June 310 1063 163 310 34 14 34 158 0 0 113 182 .292 .359 .446 .805 168.1
July 300 1054 161 287 28 7 38 173 0 1 111 169 .272 .341 .420 .762 152.9
August 318 1136 184 323 34 13 50 198 0 0 144 184 .284 .367 .469 .836 193.9
Sep/Oct 304 1073 184 314 40 5 53 174 0 0 105 187 .293 .352 .487 .840 181.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1950 24 BRK NL C 47 47 386.7 160 24 0 2 1.000 4.28 25 6 .240 1 2.5
    3B 3 0 11.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 25 BRK NL C 110 89 818.7 330 38 2 1 .995 4.05 43 10 .233 4 2.9
    1B 6 0 14.0 12 5 0 1 1.000 10.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 6 0 9.3 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 26 BRK NL C 112 112 1001.3 425 39 7 0 .985 4.17 57 16 .281 4 4.4
    2B 18 16 147.0 36 75 2 20 .982 6.80 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    3B 2 1 10.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 0 8.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 27 BRK NL C 130 129 1153.7 482 48 5 1 .991 4.13 58 19 .328 4 7.4
    2B 6 2 29.7 6 13 1 3 .950 5.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 5 0 17.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 28 BRK NL C 94 91 794.3 392 36 1 1 .998 4.85 47 16 .340 2 6.3
    2B 21 8 105.3 25 51 1 10 .987 6.49 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 13 0 23.0 3 6 1 1 .900 3.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 4.7 4 0 0 1 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 29 BRK NL C 84 76 699.3 348 30 1 0 .997 4.86 38 10 .263 6 2.5
    2B 52 50 441.3 106 184 2 49 .993 5.91 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 30 BRK NL 2B 76 71 649.0 164 279 8 61 .982 6.14 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    C 67 64 572.0 270 10 0 3 1.000 4.41 13 4 .308 3 2.7
1957 31 BRK NL 2B 95 91 821.0 189 354 9 77 .984 5.95 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    1B 52 51 454.0 508 39 3 49 .995 10.84 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    C 4 3 28.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 4.18 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 7 0 13.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 32 DET AL 2B 79 75 693.7 145 273 10 75 .977 5.42 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    C 68 68 596.7 410 16 2 0 .995 6.43 23 6 .261 1 2.5
    3B 2 0 8.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 33 NYA AL 2B 116 113 996.3 179 394 17 71 .971 5.18 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    1B 16 15 129.0 163 19 2 21 .989 12.70 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 34 NYA AL 1B 97 90 806.3 894 75 6 68 .994 10.82 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    2B 56 54 479.0 84 171 5 32 .981 4.79 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    C 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 35 NYA AL 1B 88 86 758.0 801 57 8 69 .991 10.19 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 65 59 523.0 98 179 9 34 .969 4.77 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 36 MON NL C 63 62 537.3 438 17 0 0 1.000 7.62 11 5 .455 0 3.6
    2B 32 2 77.0 20 31 4 10 .927 5.96 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 4 0 15.0 0 3 1 0 .750 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 10.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 14.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 782 741 6590.6 3267 259 18 8 .995 4.82 315 92 .292 25 35.0
  2B 624 541 4973.6 1054 2009 68 443 .978 5.54 0 0 .000 0 17.1
  1B 273 242 2193.3 2414 196 19 209 .993 10.71 0 0 .000 0 3.7
  3B 41 1 106.0 10 20 2 2 .938 2.55 0 0 .000 0 0.3
Career Totals   1720 1525 13863.6 6745 2484 107 662 .989 5.99 315 92 .292 25 56.1
Career Highs   158 145 1316.7 978 413 19 126 1.000 8.57 58 19 .455 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 36 MON NL 4 14 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571
Career Post-Season Batting 4 14 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1953-4-.323
1954-8-.300*
1955-1-.333
1958-5-.308
 On-Base Pct
1955-5-.416
 Slugging Pct
1953-9-.521
1955-5-.568
 OPS
1953-9-.904
1955-4-.984
 XR
1955-8-111.2
 Games
1957-1-158
1961-5-156
At-Bats
1958-7-600
 Runs
1955-6-110
 Hits
1953-7-175
1955-9-171
1958-4-185
 Total Bases
1958-10-287
 Singles
1953-5-133
1955-5-116
1958-6-131
 Triples
1952-1-9
1953-9-5
1956-4-7
1960-4-8
Homeruns
1953-9-30
1955-8-32
 RBIs
1952-8-105
1955-6-112
1958-7-102
 Strikeouts
1957-8-109
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 61    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Butch Nieman (875)
  6. Bill Dickey (863)
  7. Yogi Berra (855)
  8. Rudy York (849)
  9. Rico Carty (842)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by San Diego in 1949
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 3/3/1949 (Going to SDP: SS Lou Boudreau. Going to BRK: 2B Bobby Hofman, 2B Wayne Terwilliger, SS Tommy Brown)
Had first career hit on 6/1/1950, off Preacher Roe (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/25/1950, off Curt Simmons (STL)
Hit for the cycle against St. Louis on 6/25/1950
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1953, hitting .524 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1953, hitting .526 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1953, hitting .435 with 11 HR, 27 RBI
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,978,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1954, hitting .545 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,978,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1955, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (A), driving in 7 runs on 8/30/1955
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,671,429 through salary arbitration
7/1/1956: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $6,670,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Brooklyn to Detroit on 2/3/1958 (Going to BRK: LF Bill Howerton, 3B Frankie Zak, P Bobby Shantz. Going to DET: 1B Bobby Hofman)
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1958, hitting .343 with 9 HR, 27 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against New York (A) on 7/19/1958
Traded from Detroit to New York (A) on 3/3/1959 (Going to DET: 2B Rocky Bridges, 1B Earl Torgeson, 1B Tom Burgess, P Don Ferrarese. Going to NYA: DH Ted Kluszewski, 2B Bobby Hofman)
Injured on 4/11/1959 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1959, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
10/13/1959: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $8,170,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from New York (A) to Montreal on 2/7/1962 (Going to MON: 2B Bobby Hofman. Going to NYA: P Craig Anderson)
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
 
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