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Guy
Hoffman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 9, 1956 in Usa, IL, OTTAWA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 22 MIL NL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1980 23 MIL NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1981 24 MIL NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5
1982 25 MIL NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 5
1983 26 MIL NL   7 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
1984 27 MIL NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
1985 28 MIL NL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6
1986 29 MIL NL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5
1987 30 MIL NL   6 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5
1988 31 CLE AL $ 4,000,000 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
1989 32 CLN NL $ 4,000,000 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4
1990 33 CLN NL $ 4,000,000 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1979 22 MIL NL 2 2 .500 6 4 0 0 0 37.0 37 18 4 12 18 4.38 .268 .325 .442 .767 1.4
    AAA   10 10 .500 26 26 2 1 0 184.3 187 61 11 57 111 2.98 .261 .316 .358 .673  
1980 23 MIL NL 7 5 .583 23 13 1 0 4 108.3 101 38 6 44 54 3.16 .252 .326 .352 .677 9.2
    AAA   5 3 .625 10 10 1 0 0 67.0 77 18 1 21 39 2.42 .287 .339 .354 .694  
1981 24 MIL NL 11 13 .458 32 32 3 0 0 226.7 248 99 20 75 71 3.93 .277 .333 .406 .740 9.0
1982 25 MIL NL 15 10 .600 34 34 5 4 0 239.7 226 115 26 95 98 4.32 .246 .315 .378 .693 9.9
1983 26 AAA   13 9 .591 27 27 2 1 0 190.0 170 71 15 65 149 3.36 .236 .299 .363 .662  
1984 27 MIL NL 7 4 .636 13 13 1 0 0 94.0 96 42 6 30 58 4.02 .260 .314 .388 .702 5.0
    AAA   8 3 .727 15 15 1 0 0 109.0 102 31 8 30 89 2.56 .242 .293 .342 .635  
1985 28 AAA   5 2 .714 68 0 0 0 7 78.7 84 26 6 31 66 2.97 .275 .342 .380 .723  
1986 29 AAA   4 1 .800 70 0 0 0 5 64.0 68 39 7 31 54 5.48 .270 .350 .413 .763  
1987 30 MIL NL 5 3 .625 49 1 0 0 5 95.7 83 37 10 36 48 3.48 .234 .310 .355 .665 8.2
1988 31 CLE AL 8 15 .348 41 22 0 0 8 147.0 152 77 17 55 100 4.71 .264 .330 .430 .759 9.5
1989 32 CLN NL 7 3 .700 45 0 0 0 3 58.7 61 24 6 25 45 3.68 .274 .347 .399 .746 6.5
1990 33 CLN NL 3 5 .375 24 10 0 0 0 69.3 60 33 5 31 50 4.28 .237 .318 .360 .678 4.2
9 Years Sim 65 60 .520 267 129 10 4 20 1076.3 1064 483 100 403 542 4.04 .258 .324 .390 .714 62.8
6 Years AAA 45 28 .616 216 78 6 2 12 693.0 688 246 48 235 508 3.19 .257 .316 .364 .680  
Season Average 7 6 .538 29 14 1 0 2 119.6 118 53 11 44 60 4.04 .258 .324 .390 .714  
Career Highs 15 15 .700 49 34 5 4 8 239.7 248 115 26 95 100 4.71 .277 .347 .442 .767  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   799 357 70 320 377   .267 .337 .397 .735
vs LH   265 126 30 83 165   .235 .287 .370 .657
Home 35 33 .515 153 62 4 2 9 548.0 530 241 49 209 276 3.96 .254 .322 .386 .708
Away 30 27 .526 114 67 6 2 11 528.3 534 242 51 194 266 4.12 .262 .326 .394 .720
Mar/Apr 4 11 .267 33 15 0 0 0 114.0 123 66 12 44 54 5.21 .273 .338 .411 .749
May 8 7 .533 39 19 3 1 1 152.0 139 61 14 61 75 3.61 .243 .316 .377 .693
June 9 10 .474 42 18 1 1 4 155.6 148 71 17 54 72 4.11 .251 .314 .397 .710
July 12 8 .600 36 25 1 0 3 188.0 223 92 18 75 93 4.40 .298 .362 .431 .793
August 15 10 .600 55 22 4 1 5 209.6 194 85 16 77 106 3.65 .244 .311 .355 .666
Sep/Oct 17 14 .548 62 30 1 1 7 257.0 237 108 23 92 142 3.78 .244 .309 .380 .689
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 22 MIL NL P 6 4 37.0 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.95    
1980 23 MIL NL P 23 13 108.3 8 13 0 2 1.000 1.74    
1981 24 MIL NL P 32 32 226.7 22 37 0 3 1.000 2.34    
1982 25 MIL NL P 34 34 239.7 13 37 2 2 .962 1.88    
1984 27 MIL NL P 13 13 94.0 9 17 2 2 .929 2.49    
1987 30 MIL NL P 49 1 95.7 8 14 0 1 1.000 2.07    
1988 31 CLE AL P 41 22 147.0 10 25 0 1 1.000 2.14    
1989 32 CLN NL P 45 0 58.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.23    
1990 33 CLN NL P 24 10 69.3 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.95    
Career Totals   267 129 1076.3 79 165 4 13 .984 2.04    
Career Highs   49 34 239.7 22 37 2 3 1.000 2.49    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1984 27 MIL NL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 3 2 0.00 .000 .375 .000 .375
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 3 2 0.00 .000 .375 .000 .375
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1988-7-15
 Shutouts
1982-2-4
 Homeruns Allowed
1982-8-26
 Walks Allowed
1982-6-95
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 36th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1979
Earned first career win on 9/20/1979
Injured on 9/22/1981 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 7/28/1983 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Milwaukee on 10/31/1987
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/19/1988 to a 3-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Cleveland (N) on 2/22/1989 (Going to CLE: LF Harold Baines, 2B Johnny Ray, RF George Bell, P Dickie Noles, P Alejandro Pena. Going to CLN: P Guy Hoffman, 3B Juan Bernhardt)
 
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