Solly Hofman

Positions: Centerfielder, Second Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 160lb (183cm, 72kg)

Born: October 29, 1882 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: March 10, 1956 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Bethlehem Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO

High School: Smith Academy (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: July 28, 1903 (Age 20-272d, 2,545th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 25, 1916 (Age 33-301d)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1905 season

Full Name: Arthur Frederick Hofman

Nicknames: Circus Solly

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Relatives: Uncle of Bobby Hofman

2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.0

4072

1095

.269

554

RBI

498

208

OBP

.340

SLG

.352

OPS

.692

OPS+

104

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

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	0		0	0	1	1	0
2	5 (2)	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
3	7 (1)	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
4	8	Apr 23	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	5	1	2	8	0
5	9	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
6	10	Apr 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
7	11	Apr 28	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	6	3	1	10	0
8	12	Apr 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
9	13	Apr 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	0	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14	May 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
11	15	May 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
12	16	May 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	7	5	0	12	0
13	17	May 4	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
14	18	May 5	CHC		STL	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
15	19	May 6	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
16	20	May 7	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	21	May 10 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
18	22	May 10 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
19	23	May 11	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	2	6	0
20	24	May 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	3	2	1	6	0
21	25	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
22	26	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
23	27	May 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
24	28	May 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	30 (1)	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	31	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	47 (15)	Jun 7	CHC		BSN	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	63 (15)	Jun 25	CHC		CIN	W,18-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	64	Jun 26	CHC		CIN	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
30	65	Jun 27	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	2	4	2	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	66	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	W,13-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
32	69 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
33	75 (5)	Jul 9	CHC		PIT	T,2-2	CG	0	10.0	2	2	1	5	0
34	76	Jul 10	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
35	82 (5)	Jul 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
36	83	Jul 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
37	84	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	85	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	90 (4)	Jul 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	1	3	0	4	0
40	91	Jul 27	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	92	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
42	93	Jul 30	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	94	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	95	Aug 1	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	CG	0	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
45	96	Aug 2	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	2	6	0	8	0
46	97	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
47	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
48	99	Aug 5 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
49	100	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
50	101	Aug 7	CHC		NYG	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
51	102	Aug 8	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	103	Aug 9	CHC		NYG	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
53	104	Aug 10	CHC		NYG	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
54	105	Aug 11	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
55	106	Aug 12	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
56	107	Aug 13 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
57	108	Aug 13 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
58	109	Aug 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	110	Aug 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	9.1	1	1	0	2	1
60	111	Aug 19	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
61	112	Aug 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
62	113	Aug 22 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
63	114	Aug 22 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
64	115	Aug 23	CHC	@	BRO	L,9-10	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	116	Aug 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	20.0	3	9	0	12	0
66	117	Aug 26 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
67	118	Aug 26 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
68	119	Aug 28	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	120	Aug 29	CHC	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
70	121	Aug 30	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	122	Sep 1	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
72	123	Sep 2	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
73	124	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	11.0	10	0	0	10	0
74	125	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	6.0	8	1	1	10	0
75	126	Sep 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	12	1	0	13	0
76	127	Sep 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	9	2	1	12	0
77	128	Sep 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6	GF	0		1	6	0	7	0
78	129	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,8-3	GF	0		3	6	0	9	0
79	131 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
80	132	Sep 11 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-0	GF	0		6	0	0	6	0
81	139 (6)	Sep 22	CHC		NYG	W,7-4		0		1	0	1	2	0
82	154 (14)	Oct 8 (1)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	0	12.0	15	0	1	16	1
83	155	Oct 8 (2)	CHC		STL	W,6-3	CG	0	7.0	8	0	0	8	1
							83gm		676.0	248	212	23	483	18

1905 Fielding Game Log (as 1B)

1905 Fielding Game Log (as 2B)

1905 Fielding Game Log (as 3B)

1905 Fielding Game Log (as SS)

1905 Fielding Game Log (as CF)

1905 Fielding Game Log (as RF)

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