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.

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	0	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 27	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 28	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
9	9	Apr 29	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
12	19 (7)	May 11	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	GF	0	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	20	May 12	CHC		NYG	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
14	22 (1)	May 14	CHC		BSN	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	23	May 15	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	24	May 16	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	25	May 18	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
18	26	May 19	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
19	27	May 22	CHC		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	28	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
21	29	May 25	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	30	May 26	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	31	May 28	CHC		PIT	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	32	May 29	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	33	May 30 (1)	CHC		STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	34	May 30 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-3	GS	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	35	Jun 1	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	36	Jun 2	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	GS	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
29	37	Jun 3	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	38	Jun 4	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	GS	0	11.0	10	1	0	11	1
31	39	Jun 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-12	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
32	40	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	41	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	42	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	43	Jun 10	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	44	Jun 13	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	45	Jun 14	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	46	Jun 15	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	13.1	4	2	0	6	0
39	47	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,1-0	GS	0		15	0	1	16	0
40	48	Jun 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	49	Jun 20	CHC		CIN	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	50	Jun 21	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	51	Jun 22	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	52	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
45	53	Jun 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
46	54	Jun 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
47	55	Jun 26	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	56	Jun 27	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
49	57	Jun 28	CHC		CIN	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
50	58	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
51	59	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	L,9-13	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	60	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	61	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	62	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	63	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	64	Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
57	65	Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	4	0	0	4	0
58	66	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	67	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	68	Jul 9	CHC		NYG	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
61	69	Jul 10	CHC		NYG	L,9-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	70	Jul 11	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	71	Jul 13	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
64	72	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	73	Jul 14 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
66	74	Jul 16	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
67	75	Jul 17 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	76	Jul 17 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	77	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	78	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	79	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	12.0	11	2	0	13	0
72	80	Jul 21	CHC		BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
73	81	Jul 23	CHC		BSN	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	9	1	0	10	1
74	82	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
75	83	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
76	84	Jul 27	CHC	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	85	Jul 28	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	86	Jul 29	CHC	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
79	87	Jul 30	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	88	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
81	89	Jul 31 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	0	7.0	10	0	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	90	Aug 2	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	91	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	92	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	93	Aug 5	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	94	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	95	Aug 9 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
88	96	Aug 9 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	97	Aug 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	98	Aug 13 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	99	Aug 13 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,11-2	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
92	111 (11)	Aug 25	CHC		NYG	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	112	Aug 26	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	113	Aug 27	CHC		NYG	L,9-18	GS	0		1	1	1	3	0
95	114	Aug 28	CHC		NYG	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
96	115	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	116	Aug 29 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	117	Aug 30	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	118	Sep 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
100	119	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	120	Sep 6	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	121	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	122	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	123	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	124	Sep 11	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	125	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
107	126	Sep 14 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	127	Sep 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
109	128	Sep 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	129	Sep 17 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	130	Sep 17 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
112	131	Sep 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	132	Sep 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	133	Sep 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	134	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	135	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	136	Sep 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
118	137	Sep 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
119	138	Sep 26	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	139	Sep 28 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
121	140	Sep 28 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	141	Sep 29	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	142	Oct 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	143	Oct 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	144	Oct 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	145	Oct 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	146	Oct 6	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	147	Oct 7	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	148	Oct 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	149	Oct 9	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS	0		14	0	1	15	2
131	150	Oct 10	CHC		STL	L,7-15	GS	0		1	1	1	3	0
132	151	Oct 11	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	152	Oct 12	CHC		STL	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	153	Oct 13	CHC		STL	L,8-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	154	Oct 15	CHC		STL	W,4-1	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
							141gm		198.0	451	28	12	491	14