John Hofford

Full Name: John William Hofford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 168lb

Team: Philadelphia Athletics

Born: May 25, 1863 in Philadelphia, PA

Died: December 16, 1915 in Philadelphia, PA

League Debut: April 10, 1885 (LOU @ PAT, box score) • Age 22

Real-life MLB career: 1885–1886 • Baseball-Reference page ↗

1886

Career

WAR

-0.2

-0.6

ERA

6.50

6.19

18.0

64.0

WHIP

1.780

1.797

Standard Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	WAR
1885	PAT	AA	2	2	6.07	27	0	46	62	40	31	21	18	1.80	-0.4
1886	PAT	AA	1	0	6.50	13	2	18.0	20	16	13	12	3	1.78	-0.2
Career		—	3	2	6.19	40	2	64.0	82	56	44	33	21	1.80	-0.6

Bold season stats indicate the player led their league (AA or NL) that season. Bold italic season stats indicate the player led both major leagues that season. See how WAR is calculated on this site.

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1885	22	PAT	AA	27	15	15	2	2	2	2	.133	.133	.133	.267	-21	2					P
1886	23	PAT	AA	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	P
2 Yrs				40	17	17	2	2	2	2	.118	.118	.118	.235	-30	2	0	0	0	0

Bold = led the league. OPS+ compares OBP and SLG with the league average (100 = average; no park adjustment). Blank GIDP/SH/SF/IBB cells: that season's source data didn't track them (PA there = AB+BB+HBP).

Value Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	Pos
1885	22	PAT	AA	15	-2.3	-0.0	0.9	-1.5	-0.1	0.5	-1.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	P
1886	23	PAT	AA	2	-0.5	0.0	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.1	-0.3	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	P
2 Yrs				17	-2.8	0.0	1.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.6	-1.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.1

Runs above average from batting (Rbat), baserunning (Rbaser) and position (Rpos); RAA/WAA = runs/wins above average, Rrep = replacement runs, RAR = runs above replacement (see how WAR is calculated).

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	BAbip	ISO	SO%	GB/FB	GB%	P/PA	eBA	Clutch	WIS WAR
1885	22	PAT	AA	15	.154	.000	13.3
1886	23	PAT	AA	2	.000	.000	0.0	1.00	50.0	3.50	.000	-10	-0.0
2 Yrs				17	.133	.000	11.8	1.00	50.0	0.41			-0.0

BAbip = batting average on balls in play; ISO = SLG − BA; HR%, SO%, BB%, XBH% are per plate appearance; X/H% = extra-base hits per hit; GB/FB and P/PA come from the sim's batted-ball and pitch counts; RC = runs created. eBA, Clutch and WIS WAR are WhatIfSports' own metrics (1886 onward).

Batting Splits

Year	Split	G	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip
1886	Home	5	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1886	Away	8	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1886	vs LH Starter	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1886	vs RH Starter	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000

Splits come from the WhatIfSports season export (available from 1886). Traded players' splits combine all of their teams that season.

Appearances

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Batting	Defense	P
1885	22	PAT	AA	27	27	27	27
1886	23	PAT	AA	13	13	12	12
2 Yrs				40	40	39	39

Games by position come from the fielding data; GS = games started; PH/PR = games entered as a pinch hitter or pinch runner (counted from the box scores).

Standard Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	−Plays	SB	CS
1885	22	PAT	AA	P	27	46.0	2	1	1	0	1.000	.920	0.39	1.05	0.07	1	23	10
1886	23	PAT	AA	P	12	18.0	2	0	1	1	.500	.892	0.50	0.98	0.08	0	8	2
Career				P	39	64.0	4	1	2	1	.750		0.42		0.08	1	31	12

Positions listed in scorebook order (P, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF). Ch = chances (PO+A+E); RF/9 = 9×(PO+A)/Inn; RF/G = (PO+A)/G; lgFld% and lgRF9 = league average at that position. +Plays/−Plays are the sim's good and poor defensive plays. For pitchers, SB/CS are runners stealing while he pitched.

Leaderboards, Awards, & Honors

Saves

1886 AA 2 (10th)

Top-10 finishes in each league. Rate stats require 3.1 plate appearances (batters) or 1 inning pitched (pitchers) per team game.

Transactions

1885: Drafted 16.04 by Philadelphia Athletics in the 1885 Draft.