Solly Hofman
[edit] Biography
Solly Hofman (Arthur Frederick Hofman) was born on October 29, 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on July 28, 1903 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1905, his rookie year, he hit .237 with 1 home run and 38 RBI. Hofman played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Tip-Tops, Buffalo Blues and New York Yankees over the course of his 14 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Solly Hofman's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1910, when he stole 29 bases, hit for a .325 average and knocked in 86 runs. However, others believe that it was 1914, when he stole 34 bases, hit for a .287 average and knocked in 83 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 26
| 7
| 7
| 1
| 4
| .269
| .296
| .385
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| 86
| 287
| 43
| 68
| 1
| 38
| .237
| .289
| .324
| 14
| 4
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| 64
| 195
| 30
| 50
| 2
| 20
| .256
| .326
| .328
| 2
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| 134
| 470
| 67
| 126
| 1
| 36
| .268
| .328
| .311
| 11
| 3
| 41
| 0
| 1
| 24
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| 120
| 411
| 55
| 100
| 2
| 42
| .243
| .309
| .319
| 15
| 5
| 33
| 0
| 6
| 28
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| CHI
| N
| 153
| 527
| 60
| 150
| 2
| 58
| .285
| .351
| .351
| 21
| 4
| 53
| 0
| 1
| 32
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| CHI
| N
| 136
| 477
| 83
| 155
| 3
| 86
| .325
| .406
| .461
| 24
| 16
| 65
| 34
| 0
| 30
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| 143
| 512
| 66
| 129
| 2
| 70
| .252
| .341
| .305
| 17
| 2
| 66
| 40
| 3
| 24
| 30
| 0
| 7
|
| 1912
| PIT
| N
| 17
| 53
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 2
| .283
| .345
| .396
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| CHI
| N
| 36
| 125
| 28
| 34
| 0
| 18
| .272
| .385
| .360
| 11
| 0
| 22
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| TOT
| N
| 53
| 178
| 35
| 49
| 0
| 20
| .275
| .374
| .371
| 15
| 1
| 27
| 19
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| PIT
| N
| 28
| 83
| 11
| 19
| 0
| 7
| .229
| .297
| .337
| 5
| 2
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| BRO
| F
| 147
| 515
| 65
| 148
| 5
| 83
| .287
| .357
| .412
| 25
| 12
| 54
| 41
| 2
| 12
| 34
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| BUF
| F
| 109
| 346
| 29
| 81
| 0
| 27
| .234
| .295
| .298
| 10
| 6
| 30
| 28
| 0
| 10
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| NY
| A
| 6
| 27
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .296
| .321
| .407
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| 5
| 16
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .313
| .389
| .563
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| Total
|
| 11
| 43
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .302
| .348
| .465
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 932
| 3184
| 460
| 858
| 14
| 383
| .269
| .342
| .348
| 126
| 41
| 336
| 101
| 13
| 160
| 161
| 0
| 7
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 256
| 861
| 94
| 229
| 5
| 110
| .266
| .333
| .366
| 35
| 18
| 84
| 69
| 2
| 22
| 46
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 6
| 27
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .296
| .321
| .407
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1194
| 4072
| 554
| 1095
| 19
| 495
| .269
| .340
| .352
| 162
| 60
| 421
| 171
| 15
| 183
| 208
| 0
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 19
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1905
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 138
| 178
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 186
| 9
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 32
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 204
| 4
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 136
| 14
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 81
| 116
| 17
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 8
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 118
| 9
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 357
| 20
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 55
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1909
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 153
| 0
| 0
| 347
| 16
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1910
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 212
| 8
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1910
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1910
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 110
| 0
| 0
| 249
| 19
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| CF
| 106
| 105
| 931.2
| 228
| 11
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| RF
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 36
| 36
| 314.2
| 353
| 17
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 107
| 106
| 953.2
| 230
| 11
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| LF
| 3
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1912
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1912
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 67
| 7
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1912
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 77
| 2
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1912
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1912
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 10
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1913
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1914
| BRO
| F
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| BRO
| F
| 1B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 173
| 16
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1914
| BRO
| F
| OF
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1914
| BRO
| F
| 2B
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 232
| 289
| 27
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1915
| BUF
| F
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1915
| BUF
| F
| OF
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 132
| 16
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1915
| BUF
| F
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1915
| BUF
| F
| 1B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1915
| BUF
| F
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| NY
| A
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| Total
|
| OF
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 198
| 0
| 0
| 426
| 534
| 49
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 3
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 124
| 173
| 24
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 31
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 702
| 106
| 953.2
| 1478
| 113
| 55
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 187
| 36
| 314.2
| 1734
| 89
| 37
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 106
| 105
| 931.2
| 228
| 11
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Des Moines (Western) to Chicago Cubs for $1500 (August, 1904).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with King Cole to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Tommy Leach and Lefty Leifield (May 30, 1912).
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