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.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BTT	@	PBS	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 18	BTT	@	PBS	W,4-3	GS	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 21	BTT	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 22	BTT	@	BAL	L,8-9	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15 (10)	May 11	BTT		PBS	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	16	May 12	BTT		PBS	T,5-5	CG	0	10.0	4	5	0	9	0
7	17	May 14	BTT		SLM	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	18	May 15	BTT		SLM	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
9	19	May 16	BTT		SLM	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
10	20	May 18	BTT		IND	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
11	21	May 19	BTT		IND	L,2-15	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	22	May 20	BTT		IND	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
13	23	May 21	BTT		KCP	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
14	24	May 22	BTT		KCP	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	25	May 23	BTT		KCP	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	9	1	11	0
16	26	May 25	BTT		CHI	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
17	27	May 26	BTT		CHI	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
18	28	May 28	BTT	@	BUF	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
19	29	May 29	BTT	@	BUF	L,1-5	GS	0	7.0	3	3	0	6	1
20	30	May 30 (1)	BTT	@	BUF	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	31	May 30 (2)	BTT	@	BUF	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	32	Jun 1	BTT		BAL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
23	33	Jun 2	BTT		BAL	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
24	34	Jun 3	BTT		BAL	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	35	Jun 5	BTT		BUF	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	36	Jun 6	BTT		BUF	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
27	37	Jun 8 (1)	BTT	@	CHI	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
28	38	Jun 8 (2)	BTT	@	CHI	W,10-7	CG	0	10.0	1	6	0	7	0
29	39	Jun 9	BTT	@	CHI	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
30	40	Jun 10	BTT	@	CHI	W,6-1	GS	0	3.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	41	Jun 11	BTT	@	CHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	42	Jun 12	BTT	@	KCP	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	43	Jun 13 (1)	BTT	@	KCP	L,7-10	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	44	Jun 13 (2)	BTT	@	KCP	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	45	Jun 16	BTT	@	SLM	L,12-13	CG	0	11.1	5	7	0	12	0
36	46	Jun 17	BTT	@	SLM	W,3-1	GS	0		0	1	0	1	1
37	47	Jun 18	BTT	@	SLM	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	48	Jun 19	BTT	@	SLM	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	49	Jun 20 (1)	BTT	@	IND	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	2	6	1	9	0
40	50	Jun 20 (2)	BTT	@	IND	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
41	51	Jun 22 (1)	BTT	@	IND	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	52	Jun 22 (2)	BTT	@	IND	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
43	53	Jun 23	BTT	@	IND	L,3-12	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
44	54	Jun 25	BTT	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	2	4	0	6	2
45	55	Jun 26	BTT	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	56	Jun 27 (1)	BTT	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
47	57	Jun 27 (2)	BTT	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	58	Jun 29	BTT	@	BAL	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	59	Jul 1	BTT		BUF	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
50	60	Jul 2	BTT		BUF	W,1-0	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	61	Jul 3	BTT		BUF	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
52	62	Jul 4 (1)	BTT		BUF	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	5	1	10	3
53	63	Jul 4 (2)	BTT		BUF	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
54	64	Jul 6	BTT		BAL	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
55	65	Jul 8 (1)	BTT		BAL	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
56	66	Jul 8 (2)	BTT		BAL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
57	67	Jul 9	BTT		BAL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
58	68	Jul 10	BTT		PBS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
59	69	Jul 11 (1)	BTT		PBS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
60	70	Jul 11 (2)	BTT		PBS	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
61	71	Jul 13	BTT		PBS	W,1-0	CG	0	12.0	3	6	0	9	0
62	72	Jul 15	BTT	@	PBS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
63	73	Jul 16 (1)	BTT	@	PBS	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
64	74	Jul 16 (2)	BTT	@	PBS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
65	75	Jul 17	BTT	@	PBS	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
66	76	Jul 18 (1)	BTT	@	PBS	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
67	77	Jul 18 (2)	BTT	@	PBS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
68	78	Jul 22	BTT		CHI	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
69	79	Jul 23	BTT		CHI	L,1-5	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	80	Jul 24	BTT		CHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
71	81	Jul 25 (1)	BTT		CHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
72	82	Jul 25 (2)	BTT		CHI	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
73	83	Jul 27	BTT		SLM	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	84	Jul 29	BTT		SLM	W,4-3	CG	0	18.0	7	2	0	9	2
75	85	Jul 30 (1)	BTT		SLM	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
76	86	Jul 30 (2)	BTT		SLM	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
77	87	Jul 31	BTT		IND	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	88	Aug 1	BTT		IND	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	89	Aug 3	BTT		IND	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	90	Aug 4	BTT		KCP	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	91	Aug 5	BTT		KCP	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	92	Aug 6	BTT		KCP	W,2-0	CG	0	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
83	93	Aug 8 (1)	BTT	@	CHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	94	Aug 8 (2)	BTT	@	CHI	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	95	Aug 11 (1)	BTT	@	CHI	W,2-0	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	96	Aug 11 (2)	BTT	@	CHI	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
87	97	Aug 12	BTT	@	SLM	L,5-8	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
88	98	Aug 13	BTT	@	SLM	W,1-0	CG	0	6.0	4	1	0	5	1
89	99	Aug 14	BTT	@	SLM	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	100	Aug 15	BTT	@	SLM	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	101	Aug 17	BTT	@	KCP	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
92	102	Aug 18 (1)	BTT	@	KCP	L,1-4	GS	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
93	103	Aug 18 (2)	BTT	@	KCP	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	104	Aug 20 (1)	BTT	@	KCP	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	5	4	2	11	2
95	105	Aug 20 (2)	BTT	@	KCP	T,1-1	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	106	Aug 21 (1)	BTT	@	IND	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
97	107	Aug 21 (2)	BTT	@	IND	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
98	108	Aug 22 (1)	BTT	@	IND	L,6-12	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
99	109	Aug 22 (2)	BTT	@	IND	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
100	110	Aug 24 (1)	BTT	@	IND	L,6-7	CG	0	12.1	4	2	1	7	0
101	111	Aug 24 (2)	BTT	@	IND	L,1-5	CG	0	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
102	112	Aug 26	BTT		BUF	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
103	113	Aug 27	BTT		BUF	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
104	114	Aug 28	BTT		BUF	L,2-3	GS	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
105	115	Aug 29	BTT		BUF	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
106	116	Aug 31	BTT	@	BUF	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	117	Sep 2 (1)	BTT	@	BUF	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
108	118	Sep 2 (2)	BTT	@	BUF	T,5-5	GS	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	119	Sep 3 (1)	BTT	@	BUF	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
110	120	Sep 3 (2)	BTT	@	BUF	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
111	121	Sep 4	BTT		PBS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
112	122	Sep 5 (1)	BTT		PBS	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	7	1	8	0
113	123	Sep 5 (2)	BTT		PBS	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
114	124	Sep 7 (1)	BTT		PBS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
115	125	Sep 7 (2)	BTT		PBS	W,12-11	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
116	126	Sep 8	BTT		PBS	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
117	127	Sep 9	BTT		SLM	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
118	128	Sep 10	BTT		SLM	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	129	Sep 11	BTT		SLM	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	3	2	2	7	0
120	130	Sep 12	BTT		SLM	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	131	Sep 14	BTT		IND	L,0-10	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
122	132	Sep 15	BTT		IND	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
123	133	Sep 16	BTT		IND	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	2	8	0
124	134	Sep 17	BTT		IND	L,5-7	GS	0		1	2	0	3	0
125	135	Sep 18	BTT		IND	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
126	136	Sep 19 (1)	BTT		KCP	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
127	137	Sep 19 (2)	BTT		KCP	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	2
128	138	Sep 21	BTT		KCP	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
129	139	Sep 22	BTT		KCP	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
130	140	Sep 23	BTT		KCP	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
131	141	Sep 24	BTT		KCP	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
132	142	Sep 25	BTT		CHI	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
133	143	Sep 26 (1)	BTT		CHI	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
134	144	Sep 26 (2)	BTT		CHI	L,3-5	CG	0	5.0	2	0	0	2	1
135	145	Sep 28	BTT		CHI	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
136	146	Sep 29	BTT		CHI	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
137	147	Sep 30	BTT		BAL	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
138	148	Oct 1	BTT		BAL	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
139	149	Oct 2	BTT		BAL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
140	150	Oct 3	BTT		BAL	L,2-4	GS	0	6.0	5	2	0	7	0
141	151	Oct 5	BTT	@	BUF	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
142	152	Oct 6	BTT	@	BUF	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
143	153	Oct 7	BTT	@	BUF	W,10-4	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
144	154	Oct 8	BTT	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
145	155	Oct 9	BTT	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
146	156	Oct 10 (1)	BTT	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
147	157	Oct 10 (2)	BTT	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	6	0	8	0
							152gm		1107.0	443	312	32	787	54

1914 Fielding Game Log (as 1B)

1914 Fielding Game Log (as 2B)

1914 Fielding Game Log (as SS)

1914 Fielding Game Log (as LF)

1914 Fielding Game Log (as CF)

1914 Fielding Game Log (as RF)

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