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.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 15	CHC		STL	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 17	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 24	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	Apr 29 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
15	15	May 2 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 3	CHC		PIT	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	17	May 4	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 5	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 6	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
20	20	May 7	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 8	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 9	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 11	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 12	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	4	1	0	5	1
25	25	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
26	26	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	28	May 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	30	May 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 20	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 21	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 24	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	34	May 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
35	35	May 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	0	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	39	May 31 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	40	May 31 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 3	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	43	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 8	CHC		NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
46	46	Jun 10	CHC		NYG	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 11	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	48	Jun 12	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 13	CHC		BSN	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
50	50	Jun 16	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 17	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 20	CHC		BRO	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	54	Jun 23	CHC		CIN	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 25	CHC		CIN	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 26	CHC		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 27 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	58	Jun 27 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	60	Jun 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	61	Jul 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
62	62	Jul 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	63	Jul 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
64	64	Jul 4	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	65	Jul 6	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	66	Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
67	67	Jul 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	68	Jul 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 10	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	70	Jul 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	71	Jul 13 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
72	72	Jul 13 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	73	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	74	Jul 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
75	75	Jul 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	76	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	77	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	78	Jul 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	79	Jul 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
80	80	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	81	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	82	Jul 24	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	83	Jul 27	CHC	@	STL	T,4-4	CG	0	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	84	Jul 28 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	85	Jul 28 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	86	Jul 29	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	87	Jul 30	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	89 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	90	Aug 1 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
90	91	Aug 3	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	92	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	93	Aug 5 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	94	Aug 5 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
94	95	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
95	96	Aug 7	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	97	Aug 8	CHC		BRO	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	98	Aug 9	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	99	Aug 10	CHC		BRO	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	100	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	101	Aug 12 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	102	Aug 13	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
102	103	Aug 14	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
103	104	Aug 15	CHC		NYG	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	105	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	106	Aug 18	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	107	Aug 20	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	108	Aug 21 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	109	Aug 21 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	110	Aug 23	CHC	@	BSN	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	111	Aug 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	112	Aug 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
112	113	Aug 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
113	114	Aug 27	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	115	Aug 28	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	116	Aug 30 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	0	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
116	117	Aug 30 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	118	Aug 31	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	119	Sep 1	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	120	Sep 2	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	121	Sep 3	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	122	Sep 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	123	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	124	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	125	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	126	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
126	127	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
127	128	Sep 9	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	129	Sep 10 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	130	Sep 10 (2)	CHC		STL	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
130	131	Sep 11	CHC		STL	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
131	132	Sep 12	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	133	Sep 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	134	Sep 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	135	Sep 16	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	136	Sep 17	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
136	137	Sep 18	CHC		NYG	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	138	Sep 19	CHC		NYG	T,4-4	CG	0	14.0	3	0	1	4	0
138	139	Sep 20	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
139	140	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	141	Sep 23 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	142	Sep 24	CHC		BSN	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	143	Sep 25	CHC		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
143	144	Sep 26	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
144	145	Sep 27	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	146	Sep 28	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	147	Sep 29 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
147	149 (1)	Oct 2	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
148	150	Oct 3	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
149	151	Oct 4	CHC		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
150	152	Oct 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
151	153	Oct 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
152	154	Oct 6 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
153	155	Oct 6 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							154gm			347	16	13	376	4