Bill Hoffer Stats

Bill Hoffer was born on Tuesday, November 8, 1870, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hoffer was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 26, 1895, with the Baltimore Orioles. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Hoffer baseball stats page.
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Bill Hoffer
 
 
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Birth Name:   William Leopold Hoffer
Nickname:   Wizard
Born On:   11-08-1870  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-21-1959 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cemetery:   Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   155
First Game:   04-26-1895 (Age 24)
Last Game:   07-04-1901
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bill Hoffer

Bill Hoffer Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1895 25 Orioles 41 38 3 31 6 .838 3.21 32 4 0 314.0 0 296 112 146 9 124 - 80 3 0 0 -
1896 26 Orioles 35 35 0 25 7 .781 3.38 32 3 0 309.0 0 317 116 151 1 95 - 93 7 0 0 -
1897 27 Orioles 38 33 4 22 11 .667 4.30 29 1 0 303.1 0 350 145 188 5 104 - 62 4 17 0 -
1898 28 Orioles 4 4 0 0 4 .000 7.34 4 0 0 34.1 0 62 28 44 0 16 - 5 1 1 0 -
1898 28 Pirates 4 3 1 3 0 1.000 1.74 3 0 0 31.0 0 26 6 7 0 15 - 11 1 0 0 -
1899 29 Pirates 23 19 4 8 10 .444 3.63 15 2 0 163.2 0 169 66 98 5 64 - 44 3 10 0 -
1901 31 Blues 16 10 6 3 8 .273 4.55 10 0 3 99.0 0 113 50 78 2 35 - 19 3 1 1 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
6 Years 161 142 18 92 46 .667 3.75 125 10 3 1,254.1 0 1,333 523 712 22 453 - 314 22 29 1 -
Bill Hoffer

Bill Hoffer Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1895 25 Orioles 41 126 22 27 3 1 0 0 9 8 - 15 3 - 5 - .214 .288 .254
1896 26 Orioles 35 125 23 38 7 4 0 0 15 12 - 12 3 - 3 - .304 .379 .424
1897 27 Orioles 42 139 20 33 8 1 1 0 16 6 - - 2 - 2 - .237 .279 .331
1898 28 Orioles 8 24 2 5 1 0 0 0 4 4 - - 0 - 0 - .208 .321 .250
1898 28 Pirates 4 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - - 0 - 0 - .091 .091 .273
1899 29 Pirates 33 91 12 18 2 0 0 0 2 1 - - 0 - 5 - .198 .247 .220
1901 31 Blues 17 44 3 6 0 2 0 0 2 3 - - 0 - 1 - .136 .208 .227
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
6 Years 180 560 82 128 21 9 1 0 48 34 - 27 8 - 16 - .229 .292 .304
Bill Hoffer

Bill Hoffer Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1895 Orioles P 41 38 942 72 1.8 70 15 55 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.01
1896 Orioles P 35 35 927 107 3.1 98 15 83 9 6 n/a n/a n/a .916 2.85
1897 Orioles OF 4 - - 7 1.8 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1897 Orioles P 38 33 910 90 2.4 86 22 64 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .956 2.55
1898 Orioles OF 4 - - 5 1.3 4 4 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
1898 Orioles P 4 4 103 8 2.0 8 1 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.10
1898 Pirates P 4 3 93 8 2.0 8 2 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.32
1899 Pirates 2B 1 - - 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1899 Pirates LF 6 - - 21 3.5 19 17 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .905 0.00
1899 Pirates P 23 19 491 55 2.4 50 13 37 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .909 2.75
1901 Blues P 16 10 297 35 2.2 34 5 29 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 3.09
1901 Blues SS 1 - - 7 7.0 5 3 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .714 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 161 142 3,763 375 2.3 354 73 281 21 15 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.54
OF Totals 8 0 0 12 1.5 11 11 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 0.00
LF Totals 6 0 0 21 3.5 19 17 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .905 0.00
SS Totals 1 0 0 7 7.0 5 3 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .714 0.00
2B Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
6 Years 177 142 3,763 417 2.4 390 104 286 27 15 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.80
Bill Hoffer

Bill Hoffer Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1895 Orioles 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.4 14.0 0.65 2.29 3.55
1896 Orioles 8 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.4 8.3 0.98 2.71 2.77
1897 Orioles 2 - - 0 0 n/a 139.0 0.0 8.7 0.60 1.84 3.09
1898 Orioles 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.31 1.31 4.19
1898 Pirates 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.73 3.19 4.35
1899 Pirates 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 45.5 0.69 2.42 3.52
1901 Blues 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 22.0 0.54 1.73 3.18
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
6 Years 11 - - 0 0 n/a 560.0 20.7 11.7 0.69 2.25 3.25
Bill Hoffer

Bill Hoffer Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1895 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1901 Cleveland Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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