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Fred Hofmann

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: June 10, 1894 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: November 19, 1964 in St. Helena, CA

Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA

Debut: September 26, 1919 (Age 25-108d, 4,832nd in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1928 (Age 34-109d)
vs. CLE 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Fred Hofmann

Nicknames: Bootnose

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1923 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.4

1000

247

.247

RBI

OBP

.308

SLG

.339

OPS

.647

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-56 / in Starts: 20-43
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	75 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 215 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	102 (50-34-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 215 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	142 (71-44-26)

Most Driven In
B Regan	4
K Williams	3
D Taitt	2
W Gerber	1
B Rogell	0
J Rothrock	0

Most Driven In By
I Flagstead	3
B Rogell	3
R Ruffing	2
W Gerber	1
B Myer	1
P Todt	1

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	303	1	Apr 10	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.10	0.034	2.71	0.05%	0.09	C
2	304	2	Apr 11	BOS		WSH	L,4-8	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8	.35	0.017	.92	0.03%	-0.05	C
3	305	3	Apr 13	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.87	-0.048	4.50	-0.07%	-0.24	PH
4	306	5 (1)	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	8	1.20	-0.115	2.62	-0.15%	-1.14	C
5	307	6	Apr 16	BOS		NYY	L,2-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.52	-0.003	.95	0.00%	-0.24	C
6	308	8 (1)	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	8	.59	-0.023	.98	-0.02%	0.04	C
7	309	10 (1)	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8						C
8	310	11	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0	1	.304	.333	.348	.681	8						C
9	311	12	Apr 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-11	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.308	.320	.628	8	.80	-0.040	1.45	-0.04%	-0.64	C
10	312	13	Apr 25	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.296	.308	.604	6	2.83	-0.083	4.71	-0.08%	-0.34	PH
11	313	14	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.267	.276	.543	8	.77	-0.062	1.22	-0.06%	-0.65	C
12	314	15	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.242	.250	.492	8	1.75	-0.077	2.37	-0.06%	-0.48	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	315	16	May 1	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.235	.242	.478	9	1.68	-0.049	2.00	-0.04%	-0.33	PH
14	316	19 (2)	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.189	.211	.216	.427	8	1.91	-0.201	2.29	-0.15%	-1.14	C
15	317	24 (4)	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.244	.231	.475	8	1.02	0.031	.57	0.01%	0.28	C
16	318	27 (2)	May 15	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.289	.262	.551	8	1.35	0.170	1.13	0.09%	1.53	C
17	319	28	May 16	BOS		DET	W,5-4	6-GF(11)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.292	.250	.542	8	2.15	-0.032	1.59	-0.01%	-0.42	C
18	320	29	May 17	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.234	.294	.255	.549	8						C
19	321	31 (1)	May 21 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.309	.294	.603	8	.71	-0.026	.96	-0.02%	0.00	C
20	322	32	May 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-14	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.288	.273	.561	8	.63	-0.063	.74	-0.04%	-1.16	C
21	323	33	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.279	.263	.542	8	1.46	-0.084	1.44	-0.05%	-0.79	C
22	324	34	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.277	.279	.556	7	.31	0.013	.19	0.01%	0.11	C
23	325	35	May 28	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.273	.274	.547	9	2.37	-0.057	1.40	-0.02%	-0.30	PH
24	326	36	May 29	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	GS-6	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.290	.308	.598	7	1.48	0.035	.71	0.01%	0.58	C
25	327	37	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.274	.290	.564	7	.44	-0.046	.16	-0.01%	-1.25	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	328	40 (2)	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.286	.301	.587	8	1.05	0.100	.14	0.01%	1.18	C
27	329	41	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0	0	.240	.288	.293	.581	8						C
28	330	42	Jun 9 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,11-4	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.234	.280	.286	.566	8						C
29	331	44 (1)	Jun 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.222	.267	.272	.539	8						C
30	332	48 (3)	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.258	.262	.520	8	1.99	-0.164	.13	-0.01%	-1.25	C
31	333	59 (10)	Jun 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.269	.273	.542	8	.56	0.069	.03	0.00%	0.31	C
32	334	61 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.220	.260	.264	.524	8	1.09	0.036	.08	0.00%	0.55	C
33	335	64 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.253	.255	.508	8	1.06	-0.082	.06	0.00%	-0.73	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	336	65	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.245	.247	.493	8	1.70	-0.179	.03	0.00%	-1.58	C
35	337	67 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.243	.245	.488	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
36	338	68	Jul 2 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.252	.265	.517	8	.55	-0.006	.01	0.00%	-0.42	C
37	339	69	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.255	.267	.521	8	.87	0.013	.03	0.00%	0.08	C
38	340	70	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.261	.274	.535	8	.69	0.028	.02	0.00%	0.27	C
39	341	72 (1)	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.257	.269	.525	8	1.12	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.63	C
40	342	73	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		DET	L,8-20	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.252	.264	.516	8	1.19	-0.088	.01	0.00%	-0.86	C
41	343	74	Jul 7 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.221	.254	.265	.520	8						C
42	344	77 (2)	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.250	.261	.511	8	1.13	-0.075	.01	0.00%	-0.75	C
43	345	80 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,4-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.248	.259	.507	8	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
44	346	82 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.244	.254	.498	8	1.22	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.48	C
45	347	84 (1)	Jul 17	BOS		CHW	W,9-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.252	.256	.508	8	.56	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.89	C
46	348	85	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.260	.264	.524	8	1.54	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.69	C
47	349	87 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.228	.269	.268	.536	8	1.26	0.098	.00	0.00%	0.58	C
48	350	92 (4)	Jul 25 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-15	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.268	.262	.530	8	.46	0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.15	C
49	351	93	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.270	.271	.540	7	1.13	0.090	.00	0.00%	0.53	C
50	352	95 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.266	.267	.532	7	1.16	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.63	C
51	353	96	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.264	.265	.529	7	3.93	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
52	354	99 (2)	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.216	.259	.259	.517	7						C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	355	100	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.255	.255	.510	7	.91	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
54	356	102 (1)	Aug 2	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	5-9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.258	.266	.524	9	.90	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.46	PH C
55	357	103	Aug 3	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.258	.265	.523	7	.64	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.33	C
56	358	104	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.258	.260	.518	7	.52	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
57	359	105	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.222	.265	.275	.540	7	.94	0.144	.00	0.00%	0.98	C
58	360	106	Aug 6	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.262	.271	.533	7	.54	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.37	C
59	361	107	Aug 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.262	.271	.533	7						C
60	362	108	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.259	.268	.527	7	.82	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.48	C
61	363	109	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	GS-9	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.271	.280	.550	7	1.09	0.129	.00	0.00%	1.75	C
62	364	113 (3)	Aug 14	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.269	.278	.547	8	1.36	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.57	C
63	365	115 (1)	Aug 16	BOS		CLE	L,8-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.269	.278	.547	8						C
64	366	118 (2)	Aug 20	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.266	.274	.540	8	.77	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.41	C
65	367	120 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	BOS		DET	L,6-7	GS-9	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.232	.275	.286	.561	8	1.63	0.346	.00	0.00%	1.28	C
66	368	121	Aug 22 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.231	.274	.284	.558	8						PH
67	369	122	Aug 23	BOS		DET	L,1-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.274	.284	.558	8						C
68	370	123	Aug 24	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.280	.291	.571	8	.73	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.42	C
69	371	124	Aug 25	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.279	.289	.568	8	1.05	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.33	C
70	372	125	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,6-8	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.273	.282	.555	8	1.44	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-1.26	C
71	373	127 (1)	Aug 28	BOS		SLB	L,6-8	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.274	.279	.553	8	.73	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.29	C
72	374	130 (2)	Aug 31	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.272	.278	.550	9	2.17	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
73	375	131	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-14	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.267	.272	.538	8	.35	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-1.36	C
74	376	134 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.263	.267	.530	8	1.91	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-0.77	C
75	377	141 (6)	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.260	.265	.525	8	1.08	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
76	378	143 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	GS-0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0				0	0	.220	.266	.277	.543	8						C
77	379	146 (2)	Sep 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.271	.278	.549	8	1.41	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.56	C
78	380	150 (3)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-14	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.231	.278	.286	.565	8						C
							22-56		215	199	14	46	9	1	0	15	12	0	25	1	2		5		0	1	.231	.278	.286	.565		1.06	-1.049	.49	-0.64%	-12.08

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