Solly Hofman Stats

Solly Hofman was born on Sunday, October 29, 1882, in St. Louis, Missouri. Hofman was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 28, 1903, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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 Solly Hofman baseball stats page.

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Solly Hofman



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Birth Name:   Arthur Frederick Hofman
Nickname:   Circus Solly
Born On:   10-29-1882  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-10-1956 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Cemetery:   Bethlehem Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri
High School:   Smith Academy (St. Louis, MO)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   160
First Game:   07-28-1903 (Age 20)
Last Game:   08-25-1916
Draft:   Not Applicable

Solly Hofman

Solly Hofman Pitching Stats

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Solly Hofman

Solly Hofman Hitting Stats

1903 21 Pirates 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1904 22 Cubs 7 26 7 7 0 0 1 0 4 1 - - 0 - 0 - .269 .296 .385
1905 23 Cubs 86 287 43 68 14 4 1 0 38 20 - - 8 - 1 - .237 .289 .324
1906 24 Cubs 64 195 30 50 2 3 2 0 20 20 - - 6 - 0 - .256 .326 .328
1907 25 Cubs 134 470 67 126 11 3 1 0 36 41 - - 24 - 1 - .268 .328 .311
1908 26 Cubs 120 411 55 100 15 5 2 0 42 33 - - 28 - 6 - .243 .309 .319
1909 27 Cubs 153 527 60 150 21 4 2 0 58 53 - - 32 - 1 - .285 .351 .351
1910 28 Cubs 136 477 83 155 24 16 3 0 86 65 - 34 30 - 0 - .325 .406 .461
1911 29 Cubs 143 512 66 129 17 2 2 0 70 66 - 40 24 - 3 - .252 .341 .305
1912 30 Cubs 36 125 28 34 11 0 0 0 18 22 - 13 2 - 1 - .272 .385 .360
1912 30 Pirates 17 53 7 15 4 1 0 0 2 5 - 6 2 - 0 - .283 .345 .396
1913 31 Pirates 28 83 11 19 5 2 0 0 7 8 - 6 4 - 0 - .229 .297 .337
1914 32 Tip-Tops 147 515 65 148 25 12 5 0 83 54 - 41 12 - 2 - .287 .357 .412
1915 33 Buffeds 109 346 29 81 10 6 0 0 27 30 - 28 10 - 0 - .234 .295 .298
1916 34 Yankees 6 27 0 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 - 1 1 - 0 - .296 .321 .407
1916 34 Cubs 5 16 2 5 2 1 0 0 2 2 - 2 0 - 0 - .313 .389 .563
14 Years 1,194 4,072 554 1,095 162 60 19 0 495 421 0 171 183 0 15 - .269 .340 .352

Solly Hofman

Solly Hofman Fielding Stats

1903 Pirates OF 2 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1904 Cubs OF 6 - - 9 1.5 9 7 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1904 Cubs SS 1 - - 4 4.0 3 1 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
1905 Cubs 1B 9 - - 95 10.6 92 86 6 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00
1905 Cubs 2B 59 - - 331 5.6 316 138 178 15 13 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00
1905 Cubs 3B 3 - - 13 4.3 11 3 8 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .846 0.00
1905 Cubs OF 3 - - 5 1.7 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1905 Cubs SS 9 - - 39 4.3 36 17 19 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00
1906 Cubs 1B 21 - - 197 9.4 195 186 9 2 10 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00
1906 Cubs 2B 4 - - 6 1.5 6 4 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1906 Cubs 3B 4 - - 13 3.3 12 5 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00
1906 Cubs OF 23 - - 41 1.8 40 38 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00
1906 Cubs SS 9 - - 55 6.1 52 20 32 3 7 n/a n/a n/a .945 0.00
1907 Cubs 1B 18 - - 210 11.7 208 204 4 2 7 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00
1907 Cubs 2B 3 - - 19 6.3 18 10 8 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00
1907 Cubs 3B 4 - - 7 1.8 6 4 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00
1907 Cubs OF 69 - - 160 2.3 150 136 14 10 4 n/a n/a n/a .938 0.00
1907 Cubs SS 42 - - 214 5.1 197 81 116 17 21 n/a n/a n/a .921 0.00
1908 Cubs 1B 37 - - 388 10.5 377 357 20 11 10 n/a n/a n/a .972 0.00
1908 Cubs 2B 22 - - 102 4.6 96 41 55 6 5 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00
1908 Cubs 3B 9 - - 29 3.2 29 16 13 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1908 Cubs OF 50 - - 133 2.7 127 118 9 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00
1909 Cubs OF 153 - - 376 2.5 363 347 16 13 5 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00
1910 Cubs 1B 24 - - 225 9.4 220 212 8 5 10 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00
1910 Cubs 3B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1910 Cubs OF 110 - - 275 2.5 268 249 19 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00
1911 Cubs 1B 36 36 942 376 10.4 370 353 17 6 17 n/a n/a n/a .984 10.61
1911 Cubs CF 106 105 2,793 246 2.3 239 228 11 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.31
1911 Cubs LF 3 0 42 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1911 Cubs RF 1 1 24 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1912 Cubs 1B 9 - - 81 9.0 79 77 2 2 7 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00
1912 Cubs CF 27 - - 75 2.8 74 67 7 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00
1912 Pirates CF 15 - - 42 2.8 42 39 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1913 Pirates CF 23 20 424 53 2.3 51 48 3 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .962 3.25
1913 Pirates RF 2 0 17 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.18
1914 Tip-Tops 1B 22 22 538 193 8.8 189 173 16 4 13 n/a n/a n/a .979 9.49
1914 Tip-Tops 2B 108 108 2,697 548 5.1 521 232 289 27 39 n/a n/a n/a .951 5.22
1914 Tip-Tops SS 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1915 Buffeds 1B 11 10 251 95 8.6 93 86 7 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .979 10.00
1915 Buffeds 2B 2 0 3 3 1.5 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 27.00
1915 Buffeds 3B 4 2 33 8 2.0 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.55
1915 Buffeds SS 1 1 27 8 8.0 8 4 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.00
1916 Yankees CF 6 6 141 19 3.2 19 17 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.64
1916 Cubs LF 4 4 108 8 2.0 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
OF Totals 416 0 0 999 2.4 962 899 63 37 16 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00
2B Totals 198 108 2,700 1,009 5.1 960 426 534 49 61 n/a n/a n/a .951 9.60
1B Totals 187 68 1,731 1,860 9.9 1,823 1,734 89 37 77 n/a n/a n/a .980 28.44
CF Totals 177 131 3,358 435 2.5 425 399 26 10 10 n/a n/a n/a .977 3.42
SS Totals 63 1 30 321 5.1 297 124 173 24 32 n/a n/a n/a .925 267.30
3B Totals 25 2 33 71 2.8 67 36 31 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 54.82
LF Totals 7 4 150 8 1.1 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.44
RF Totals 3 1 41 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.63
14 Years 1,076 315 8,043 4,707 4.4 4,546 3,629 917 161 196 n/a n/a n/a .966 15.26

Solly Hofman

Solly Hofman Miscellaneous Stats

1903 Pirates 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1904 Cubs 2 - - 0 0 n/a 26.0 0.0 6.5 - - -
1905 Cubs 15 - - 0 0 n/a 287.0 0.0 7.6 - - -
1906 Cubs 13 - - 0 0 n/a 97.5 0.0 9.8 - - -
1907 Cubs 29 - - 0 0 n/a 470.0 0.0 13.1 - - -
1908 Cubs 15 - - 0 0 n/a 205.5 0.0 9.8 - - -
1909 Cubs 20 - - 0 0 n/a 263.5 0.0 9.1 - - -
1910 Cubs 29 - - 0 0 n/a 159.0 14.0 5.5 - - -
1911 Cubs 30 - - 0 0 n/a 256.0 12.8 7.3 - - -
1912 Cubs 5 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.6 6.9 - - -
1912 Pirates 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.8 26.5 - - -
1913 Pirates 3 3 .500 0 0 n/a 0.0 13.8 11.9 - - -
1914 Tip-Tops 34 - - 0 0 n/a 103.0 12.6 6.2 - - -
1915 Buffeds 12 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 12.4 12.8 - - -
1916 Yankees 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 27.0 13.5 - - -
1916 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.0 8.0 - - -
14 Years 208 3 .986 0 0 n/a 214.3 23.8 8.2 - - -

Solly Hofman

Solly Hofman Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1903 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1904 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1905 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1906 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1907 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1909 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1910 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1911 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1912 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1912 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 Buffalo Buffeds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 New York Yankees n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -

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