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Larry
Hoffman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 18, 1878 in Chicago, IL.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1901    1903    1906    1907   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 22 SLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9
1902 23 SLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10
1903 24 SLN NL $ 471,429   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1904 25 SLN NL $ 3,664,286   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1905 26 SLN NL $ 5,270,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1906 27 SLN NL $ 5,270,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1907 28 BSN NL $ 5,270,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1908 29 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1909 30 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1910 31 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1911 32 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1912 33 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1913 34 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1914 35 BSN NL $ 4,260,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 7 6 6
1915 36 BSN NL $ 4,260,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,270,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1901 22 SLN NL 132 496 44 121 14 4 2 57 0 2 8 50 .244 .279 .300 .580 37.4 2.4
1902 23 SLN NL 121 477 56 116 16 0 3 53 0 1 12 28 .243 .282 .296 .578 38.6 4.2
1903 24 SLN NL 139 508 74 170 29 6 4 70 3 1 25 26 .335 .421 .439 .860 90.8 15.6
1904 25 SLN NL 145 559 60 167 24 6 8 84 1 2 31 21 .299 .350 .406 .756 76.4 12.9
1905 26 SLN NL 133 517 67 143 28 9 7 65 2 1 30 19 .277 .340 .406 .746 68.3 13.0
1906 27 SLN NL 142 566 60 166 21 1 3 68 0 0 23 26 .293 .334 .350 .684 59.4 12.1
1907 28 SLN NL 94 365 33 101 12 3 2 44 4 2 12 24 .277 .314 .342 .656 37.8 7.2
  BSN NL 21 78 8 23 5 0 0 12 1 0 3 3 .295 .333 .359 .692 9.0 1.9
  TOT   115 443 41 124 17 3 2 56 5 2 15 27 .280 .317 .345 .663 46.9 9.0
1908 29 BSN NL 144 555 66 159 15 4 0 69 3 1 34 27 .286 .337 .328 .665 57.3 11.6
1909 30 BSN NL 88 244 26 54 8 2 1 33 0 0 11 10 .221 .315 .283 .598 22.4 3.1
1910 31 BSN NL 142 536 58 151 22 10 5 63 2 0 18 28 .282 .341 .388 .729 67.3 15.8
1911 32 NYA AL 67 163 22 49 7 2 0 23 0 1 7 5 .301 .339 .368 .707 18.6 3.2
1912 33 NYA AL 143 502 50 144 22 3 2 71 1 0 20 20 .287 .333 .355 .687 58.9 10.5
1913 34 NYA AL 154 586 65 148 21 5 3 72 7 1 25 18 .253 .307 .321 .628 56.6 7.1
1914 35 BSN NL 42 128 14 44 3 0 0 14 1 0 6 2 .344 .380 .367 .747 17.9 3.7
1915 36 BSN NL 35 133 10 25 1 2 0 7 0 0 3 32 .188 .223 .226 .449 3.3 0.0
15 Years Sim 1742 6413 713 1781 248 57 40 805 25 12 268 339 .278 .331 .353 .683 720.1 124.4
162 Game Average 596 66 165 23 5 3 74 2 1 24 31 .278 .331 .353 .683 67.0  
Career Highs 154 586 74 170 29 10 8 84 7 2 34 50 .344 .421 .439 .860 90.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4678 511 1282 179 39 33 604 15 11 206 262 .274 .328 .350 .678 475.7
vs LH   1735 202 499 69 18 7 201 10 1 62 77 .288 .338 .360 .698 184.9
Home 863 3135 334 864 116 23 11 374 12 7 116 163 .276 .324 .338 .662 301.6
Away 879 3278 379 917 132 34 29 431 13 5 152 176 .280 .337 .367 .704 358.9
RISP   1904 0 530 81 7 15 734 0 0 139 101 .278 .345 .352 .697 216.1
Pinch Hitting   74 5 23 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 5 .311 .325 .338 .663 7.0
Close/Late   837 45 226 30 6 6 114 0 0 54 43 .270 .338 .342 .679 88.2
Mar/Apr 197 751 87 213 19 13 3 99 6 2 39 40 .284 .349 .356 .704 82.6
May 333 1228 160 329 50 9 8 135 9 3 52 68 .268 .328 .343 .671 119.9
June 308 1125 134 321 46 7 9 148 3 3 33 55 .285 .336 .363 .699 116.5
July 301 1111 106 309 49 11 5 137 1 1 48 61 .278 .329 .356 .685 115.1
August 296 1085 117 296 48 8 8 145 3 1 49 70 .273 .319 .354 .673 111.5
Sep/Oct 307 1113 109 313 36 9 7 141 3 2 47 45 .281 .328 .349 .676 114.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1901 22 SLN NL 3B 132 131 1142.3 74 396 28 32 .944 3.70 0 0 .000 0 7.2
1902 23 SLN NL 3B 107 107 984.3 77 307 31 22 .925 3.51 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    2B 13 13 114.0 36 62 1 16 .990 7.74 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1903 24 SLN NL 3B 136 135 1184.7 89 351 27 14 .942 3.34 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1904 25 SLN NL 2B 98 97 867.3 188 370 9 62 .984 5.79 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    3B 46 45 389.3 32 104 7 3 .951 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1905 26 SLN NL 2B 91 90 808.3 205 356 11 59 .981 6.25 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    3B 39 39 343.7 25 105 11 10 .922 3.40 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 1 0 5.7 3 0 1 0 .750 4.77 3 0 .000 0 0.0
1906 27 SLN NL 3B 142 141 1262.0 80 394 22 34 .956 3.38 0 0 .000 0 5.6
1907 28 SLN NL 3B 93 93 829.9 50 246 23 17 .928 3.21 0 0 .000 0 2.7
  BSN NL 3B 21 21 177.4 11 52 5 4 .926 3.20 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  TOT   3B 114 114 1007.3 61 298 28 21 .928 3.21   3.6
1908 29 BSN NL 3B 109 109 956.7 63 255 21 18 .938 2.99 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    2B 34 34 307.0 71 120 4 17 .979 5.60 0 0 .000 0 1.4
1909 30 BSN NL 3B 45 43 389.3 26 110 11 7 .925 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 27 16 164.3 32 64 1 6 .990 5.26 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1910 31 BSN NL 2B 140 140 1212.0 318 472 12 86 .985 5.87 0 0 .000 0 4.5
1911 32 NYA AL 2B 33 24 233.0 70 102 2 14 .989 6.64 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 12 10 91.0 7 28 3 3 .921 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1912 33 NYA AL 3B 142 142 1218.3 83 293 28 20 .931 2.78 0 0 .000 0 6.1
1913 34 NYA AL 3B 154 154 1377.7 101 345 34 17 .929 2.91 0 0 .000 0 3.7
1914 35 BSN NL 3B 32 28 239.3 9 61 6 2 .921 2.63 0 0 .000 0 1.1
1915 36 BSN NL 3B 20 20 168.0 12 38 7 4 .877 2.68 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 14 13 115.3 25 45 0 7 1.000 5.46 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  3B 1230 1218 10753.9 739 3085 264 207 .935 3.20 0 0 .000 0 43.7
  2B 451 427 3822.3 945 1592 40 267 .984 5.97 0 0 .000 0 18.5
  C 1 0 5.7 3 0 1 0 .750 4.77 3 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1682 1645 14581.9 1687 4677 305 474 .954 3.93 3 0 .000 0 62.2
Career Highs   154 154 1377.7 318 474 34 86 .985 5.87 3 0 .000 0  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1903-8-.335
 On-Base Pct
1903-6-.421
 Slugging Pct
1910-10-.388
 Games
1903-1-139
1913-1-154
 At-Bats
1913-3-586
CAR-50-6413
 Total Bases
1910-10-208
Singles
1903-8-131
1906-9-141
1908-9-140
CAR-45-1436
 Triples
1910-9-10
 Homeruns
1904-9-8
1906-10-3
1910-2-5
 Strikeouts
1901-2-50
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Frank Laporte (881)
  7. Bill Coughlin (880)
  8. Larry Doyle (877)
  9. Danny Murphy (871)
  10. Hobe Ferris (871)
History
Drafted in 15th round, 230th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1901
Had first career hit on 4/18/1901, off Sam Leever (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/19/1901, off Clark Griffith (PHI)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1901
Injured on 9/1/1902 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $471,429 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1903
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
6/28/1904: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $5,270,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/1904, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1906
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1907, hitting .682 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
6/10/1907: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Boston (N) on 7/31/1907 (Going to SLN: SS Rube Oldring. Going to BSN: 3B Larry Hoffman, SS George Bone)
Injured on 8/24/1907 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1907
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1910, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 20 RBI
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 3/5/1911 to a 3-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland on 8/5/1912
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Detroit on 4/14/1913
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/16/1914 to a 2-year deal worth $4,260,000 per year
Injured on 6/4/1914 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 2 weeks
 
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