Bill Hoffer
1897–1901 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates
180G
.229AVG
.292OBP
.304SLG
More career statistics
128H
1HR
48RBI
11SB
92–46W–L
1,254.1IP
314K
3.75ERA
142GS
3SV
15Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 180 | 104 |
| Batting · At bats | 560 | 308 |
| Batting · Doubles | 21 | 11 |
| Batting · Hits | 128 | 63 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 16 | 8 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 27 | 49 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 618 | 334 |
| Batting · Runs | 82 | 37 |
| Batting · RBI | 48 | 24 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 11 | 3 |
| Batting · Triples | 9 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 34 | 15 |
| Pitching · Games | 161 | 85 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,453 | 2,757 |
| Pitching · p cg | 125 | 61 |
| Pitching · p er | 523 | 297 |
| Pitching · p gs | 142 | 69 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,333 | 720 |
| Pitching · p hr | 22 | 13 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,763 | 1,893 |
| Pitching · p k | 314 | 142 |
| Pitching · p r | 712 | 415 |
| Pitching · p w | 453 | 235 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | 618 | 560 | 82 | 128 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 48 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 170 | .229 | .292 | .304 | .596 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,254.3 | 161 | 142 | 125 | 92 | 46 | 3 | 1,333 | 712 | 523 | 22 | 453 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 1.424 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1897-05-12 to 1897-05-30
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Two Balks | 1899-05-19 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1897-05-26 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1897-09-27 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 56 | 182 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 29 | .208 | .236 | .268 |
| Away | 48 | 152 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 20 | .200 | .230 | .286 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .037 | .000 |
| May | 21 | 71 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | .290 | .324 | .387 |
| June | 23 | 68 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | .190 | .250 | .238 |
| July | 17 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .167 | .172 | .259 |
| August | 18 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | .189 | .211 | .245 |
| September | 14 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .270 | .275 | .378 |
| October | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .308 | .308 | .385 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 11 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .185 | .179 | .259 |
| new-york-giants | 10 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .130 | .231 | .130 |
| boston-braves | 8 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .238 | .250 | .333 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 8 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .125 | .185 | .167 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 8 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .154 | .167 | .154 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 7 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .231 | .222 | .385 |
| chicago-cubs | 7 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .273 | .304 | .409 |
| louisville-colonels | 7 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .174 | .240 | .174 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | BOBaltimore Orioles (1897-99) | 42 | 139 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 2 | .237 | 303 | 64 |
| 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 35 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .171 | 65 | 16 |
| 1899 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 91 | 18 | – | 2 | 1 | .198 | 163 | 44 |
| 1901 |  Cleveland Guardians | 17 | 43 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .140 | 99 | 18 |