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.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 14	BUF	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	5	Apr 15	BUF	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
3	6	Apr 17	BUF		BTT	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	7	Apr 19	BUF		BTT	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	8	Apr 20	BUF		BTT	W,6-2	GS	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	9	Apr 21	BUF		BAL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	10	Apr 22	BUF		BAL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	11	Apr 23	BUF		BAL	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
9	12	Apr 24	BUF		BAL	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
10	13	Apr 25	BUF	@	NEW	L,1-2	CG	0	13.1	2	0	0	2	0
11	14	Apr 26	BUF	@	NEW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	15	Apr 27	BUF	@	NEW	W,14-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	16	May 1	BUF		CHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
14	17	May 2 (1)	BUF	@	CHI	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	18	May 2 (2)	BUF	@	CHI	L,1-5	CG	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	19	May 3	BUF		CHI	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	20	May 6 (1)	BUF		KCP	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
18	22 (1)	May 8 (1)	BUF		SLM	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	23	May 8 (2)	BUF		SLM	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	24	May 10	BUF		SLM	L,3-5	CG	0	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	25	May 11	BUF		PBS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	26	May 12	BUF		PBS	L,2-3	GS	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	39 (12)	Jun 1	BUF		BAL	W,8-1	GF	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	57 (17)	Jun 17 (2)	BUF		CHI	W,7-5	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	59 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	BUF		KCP	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	60	Jun 19 (2)	BUF		KCP	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	61	Jun 21	BUF		KCP	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	68 (6)	Jul 1 (1)	BUF		SLM	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
29	69	Jul 1 (2)	BUF		SLM	L,0-13	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
30	70	Jul 2	BUF	@	BAL	W,8-4	GS	0	6.2	6	0	0	6	1
31	71	Jul 3	BUF	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
32	72	Jul 5 (1)	BUF	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
33	73	Jul 5 (2)	BUF	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
34	77 (3)	Jul 9 (2)	BUF	@	BTT	W,9-1	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
35	78	Jul 10	BUF		BTT	W,7-2	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	81 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	BUF		NEW	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	83 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	BUF		NEW	L,3-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	84	Jul 16	BUF	@	PBS	W,4-3	GS	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
39	85	Jul 17 (1)	BUF	@	PBS	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	86	Jul 17 (2)	BUF	@	PBS	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
41	87	Jul 18	BUF	@	CHI	W,6-4	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
42	88	Jul 19	BUF	@	PBS	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	4	1	0	5	1
43	89	Jul 20	BUF	@	PBS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	90	Jul 22	BUF	@	KCP	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	91	Jul 23	BUF	@	KCP	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
46	92	Jul 24	BUF	@	KCP	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	93	Jul 25 (1)	BUF	@	KCP	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	94	Jul 25 (2)	BUF	@	KCP	L,4-5	CG	0	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
49	95	Jul 27	BUF	@	CHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	96	Jul 29	BUF	@	CHI	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	97	Jul 30	BUF	@	CHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	98	Jul 31 (1)	BUF	@	SLM	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	99	Jul 31 (2)	BUF	@	SLM	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	100	Aug 1 (1)	BUF	@	SLM	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	102 (1)	Aug 2	BUF	@	SLM	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
56	103	Aug 3	BUF	@	SLM	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	104	Aug 6	BUF		PBS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	105	Aug 7 (1)	BUF		PBS	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	106	Aug 7 (2)	BUF		PBS	L,4-15	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	107	Aug 9	BUF		PBS	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	108	Aug 10	BUF		SLM	L,0-1	CG	0	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	109	Aug 11	BUF		SLM	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	110	Aug 13 (1)	BUF		SLM	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	111	Aug 13 (2)	BUF		SLM	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	112	Aug 14 (1)	BUF		KCP	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	113	Aug 14 (2)	BUF		KCP	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	114	Aug 16	BUF		KCP	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	115	Aug 17	BUF		KCP	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	119 (3)	Aug 20	BUF		CHI	W,7-3	GF	0	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	124 (4)	Aug 25	BUF	@	NEW	W,4-3	GF	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	125	Aug 26	BUF	@	NEW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	129 (3)	Sep 1	BUF		NEW	W,5-2	GF	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	130	Sep 2	BUF		NEW	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	131	Sep 3	BUF		NEW	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	132	Sep 4	BUF		NEW	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	133	Sep 6 (1)	BUF		BAL	W,3-2	GF	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	134	Sep 6 (2)	BUF		BAL	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	135	Sep 8 (1)	BUF		BAL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	136	Sep 8 (2)	BUF		BAL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	137	Sep 10	BUF	@	KCP	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
81	138	Sep 11	BUF	@	KCP	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	139	Sep 12	BUF	@	KCP	L,2-6	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
83	140	Sep 18	BUF	@	CHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	141	Sep 19 (1)	BUF	@	CHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	142	Sep 19 (2)	BUF	@	CHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	143	Sep 20	BUF	@	PBS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	144	Sep 21	BUF	@	PBS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	145	Sep 22	BUF	@	PBS	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	146	Sep 23	BUF	@	PBS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	147	Sep 24	BUF	@	SLM	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
91	148	Sep 25	BUF	@	SLM	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	149	Sep 26 (1)	BUF	@	SLM	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	150	Sep 26 (2)	BUF	@	SLM	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
94	151	Sep 27	BUF	@	SLM	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	7	1	0	8	0
95	152	Sep 29	BUF	@	BTT	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	153	Sep 30	BUF	@	BTT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							102gm		120.0	231	29	8	268	7

1915 Fielding Game Log (as 1B)

1915 Fielding Game Log (as 2B)

1915 Fielding Game Log (as 3B)

1915 Fielding Game Log (as SS)

1915 Fielding Game Log (as LF)

1915 Fielding Game Log (as CF)

1915 Fielding Game Log (as RF)

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