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.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 29	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	12 (1)	May 2	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
3	15 (2)	May 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	GF	0		4	0	0	4	0
4	17 (1)	May 10 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	GF	0		7	1	0	8	1
5	18	May 10 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
6	19	May 12	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
7	20	May 15	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	21	May 16	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
9	22	May 17	CHC		BRO	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	35 (12)	May 31 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
11	36	May 31 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-13	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	37	Jun 1	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
13	38	Jun 2	CHC		PIT	L,6-12	CG	0	9.0	10	2	1	13	1
14	39	Jun 4	CHC	@	BSN	T,1-1	CG	0	17.0	9	0	0	9	0
15	40	Jun 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
16	41	Jun 6	CHC	@	BSN	W,14-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	42	Jun 8	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	43	Jun 9	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	44	Jun 10	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	4	2	8	2
20	45	Jun 11	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	46	Jun 12	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	47	Jun 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
23	48	Jun 16	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
24	49	Jun 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	50	Jun 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	51	Jun 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
27	52	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-4	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
28	53	Jun 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
29	54	Jun 24	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	56 (1)	Jun 26	CHC		CIN	W,8-5	GF	0	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	57	Jun 27	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
32	58	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	GS	0		3	3	0	6	0
33	59	Jun 28 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	GS	0		3	2	0	5	0
34	60	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	61	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	62	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
37	63	Jul 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	4	2	10	0
38	64	Jul 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-9	GS	0		7	1	2	10	0
39	65	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
40	66	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
41	67	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
42	68	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
43	69	Jul 6	CHC		BRO	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
44	70	Jul 8	CHC		BRO	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
45	71	Jul 9	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	11	2	0	13	0
46	72	Jul 10	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	18	2	0	20	0
47	73	Jul 11	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
48	74	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
49	75	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
50	76	Jul 13	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
51	77	Jul 14	CHC		PHI	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
52	78	Jul 15	CHC		NYG	L,0-11	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	79	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	80	Jul 17	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	81	Jul 18	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
56	82	Jul 19	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
57	83	Jul 20	CHC		BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
58	84	Jul 21	CHC		BSN	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
59	85	Jul 22	CHC		BSN	T,2-2	CG	0	11.0	12	1	1	14	2
60	89 (3)	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
61	90	Jul 29	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	91	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,13-4	GS	0		1	2	0	3	0
63	92	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	98 (5)	Aug 6 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
65	99	Aug 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
66	105 (5)	Aug 16	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
67	106	Aug 17	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	107	Aug 18	CHC		PHI	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	108	Aug 19	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	GS	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	109	Aug 20	CHC		BSN	W,10-2	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
71	110	Aug 21	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
72	111	Aug 22	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	15.0	8	1	0	9	1
73	112	Aug 23 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	113	Aug 23 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	114	Aug 24	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
76	115	Aug 25	CHC		BRO	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
77	116	Aug 26	CHC		BRO	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
78	117	Aug 27	CHC		NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	118	Aug 29	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	119	Aug 30	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	120	Aug 31	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	121	Sep 1	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
83	122	Sep 2	CHC		STL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	123	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		STL	W,5-0	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
85	127 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	128	Sep 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,8-7	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
87	129	Sep 7 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	GS	0		7	1	1	9	0
88	130	Sep 7 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
89	131	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
90	132	Sep 9	CHC		STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
91	133	Sep 10	CHC	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	134	Sep 11	CHC	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	135	Sep 12	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	0	12.0	11	2	0	13	1
94	136	Sep 13	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	137	Sep 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	138	Sep 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
97	139	Sep 17	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
98	140	Sep 18	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
99	141	Sep 19 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	0		1	4	0	5	0
100	142	Sep 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	T,0-0	CG	0	10.0	5	3	0	8	1
101	143	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	144	Sep 21 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	145	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	146	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	147	Sep 23	CHC	@	NYG	T,1-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	148	Sep 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	149	Sep 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-1	GS	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	150	Sep 26 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	151	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	152	Sep 29	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
111	153	Sep 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
112	154	Oct 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
113	155	Oct 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
114	156	Oct 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,16-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
115	157	Oct 4	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
116	158	Oct 8	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							125gm		553.0	536	97	23	656	17