Bobby Hofman
1949–1957 · bats R / throws R · New York Giants
341G
.248AVG
.322OBP
.442SLG
More career statistics
166H
32HR
101RBI
1SB
1Rare feat
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 · Strikeouts | 94 | 95 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 755 | 753 |
| Batting · Walks | 70 | 68 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 341 | 755 | 670 | 81 | 166 | 22 | 6 | 32 | 101 | 70 | 94 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 296 | .248 | .322 | .442 | .764 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1949-05-13 to 1949-05-18
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1955-09-25 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1953-04-22 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1953-09-07 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 180 | 374 | 84 | 20 | 49 | 35 | 48 | .255 | .318 | .483 |
| Away | 161 | 379 | 82 | 12 | 52 | 33 | 47 | .240 | .303 | .402 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .333 | .412 | .767 |
| May | 59 | 128 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 20 | .211 | .281 | .386 |
| June | 59 | 100 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 12 | .267 | .320 | .478 |
| July | 57 | 126 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 19 | .221 | .286 | .372 |
| August | 69 | 150 | 35 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 18 | .267 | .327 | .412 |
| September | 73 | 215 | 48 | 10 | 31 | 19 | 24 | .250 | .312 | .469 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 63 | 139 | 26 | 8 | 29 | 15 | 19 | .211 | .295 | .447 |
| cincinnati-reds | 54 | 125 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 14 | .236 | .296 | .427 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 54 | 138 | 32 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 10 | .264 | .319 | .455 |
| chicago-cubs | 51 | 104 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 19 | .196 | .279 | .272 |
| milwaukee-braves | 41 | 99 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | .244 | .303 | .322 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 38 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 11 | .255 | .317 | .582 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 38 | 85 | 26 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 13 | .338 | .365 | .662 |
| boston-braves | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  New York Giants | 19 | 48 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .208 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Giants | 32 | 63 | 18 | 2 | 4 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1953 | New York Giants | 74 | 169 | 45 | 12 | 34 | 1 | .266 | – | – |
| 1954 | New York Giants | 71 | 125 | 28 | 8 | 30 | – | .224 | – | – |
| 1955 | New York Giants | 96 | 207 | 55 | 10 | 28 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1956 | New York Giants | 47 | 56 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .179 | – | – |
| 1957 | New York Giants | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |