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Dale Murphy League
4-1-2050
Johnny Hoover Center Field
Retired (1993, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .266 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .734 Status Deceased (2028) Option Years 0  
H 1570 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 11-22-1957
HR 120 Drafted Round 2, Pick 20
(1975)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(121 games)
RBI 656
SB 127
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R Power vs. L C+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR C+
Speed A- Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (97.8%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1979 CF PIT 20 20 181.0 49 48 0 1 0 0 2.39 .980
1980 CF PIT 98 96 852.0 264 262 0 2 0 -11 2.77 .992
1981 CF PIT 100 99 870.0 253 248 2 3 2 -3 2.59 .988
LF PIT 22 22 196.0 47 47 0 0 0 0 2.16 1.000
RF PIT 11 11 99.0 25 25 0 0 0 +1 2.27 1.000
1982 CF PIT 53 53 459.0 141 141 0 0 0 -1 2.76 1.000
RF PIT 6 6 50.0 13 13 0 0 0 -1 2.34 1.000
1983 CF PIT 22 22 197.0 59 58 1 0 1 -1 2.70 1.000
RF PIT 3 3 26.0 6 6 0 0 0 -1 2.08 1.000
LF PIT 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 +1 2.00 1.000
1984 CF PIT-STL 98 98 873.2 239 234 1 4 1 -6 2.42 .983
LF PIT-STL 27 27 240.0 77 76 0 1 0 +1 2.85 .987
1985 CF STL 92 92 811.1 217 213 0 4 0 0 2.36 .982
LF STL 43 43 378.0 95 92 1 2 1 +1 2.21 .979
1986 CF STL 113 105 951.2 263 260 2 1 2 -2 2.48 .996
LF STL 6 0 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.59 1.000
RF STL 1 1 13.0 5 5 0 0 0 +1 3.46 1.000
1987 RF STL 92 91 820.2 191 188 2 1 2 -3 2.08 .995
LF STL 5 5 44.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 2.45 1.000
CF STL 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
2B STL 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1988 RF STL 101 101 911.1 181 180 0 1 0 +1 1.78 .994
CF STL 34 34 299.0 62 60 0 2 0 0 1.81 .968
1989 RF STL 102 102 935.1 190 183 1 6 1 +2 1.77 .968
CF STL 33 33 302.0 91 88 0 3 0 -4 2.62 .967
1990 RF STL 111 104 942.2 197 195 1 1 1 +3 1.87 .995
CF STL 4 4 35.0 8 8 0 0 0 -1 2.06 1.000
LF STL 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
1991 RF STL 135 135 1211.0 264 261 0 3 0 +10 1.94 .989
1992 RF STL 97 94 833.1 169 164 3 2 3 0 1.80 .988
LF STL 9 9 79.1 16 16 0 0 0 -1 1.82 1.000
CF STL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1993 LF STL-NYN-BOS 15 15 126.0 27 26 0 1 0 -1 1.86 .963
RF STL-NYN-BOS 14 11 107.0 27 27 0 0 0 0 2.27 1.000
Pos Total RF 673 659 5949.1 1268 1247 7 14 7 +13 1.90 .989
CF 670 656 5837.2 1647 1621 6 20 6 -29 2.51 .988
LF 130 124 1107.1 285 280 1 4 1 +1 2.28 .986
2B 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
Total 1475 1439 12898.1 3201 3148 15 38 14 -15 2.21 .988
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1993-11-01Johnny Hoover has retired from the Boston Bees
1993-09-12The Boston Bees have acquired Johnny Hoover from the waiver wire.
1993-09-02The New York Islanders have waived Johnny Hoover.
1993-08-16The New York Islanders have promoted Don Dealy to the major league team. The New York Islanders have designated Johnny Hoover for assignment.
1993-07-17The New York Islanders have acquired Johnny Hoover from the waiver wire.
1993-07-13The St. Louis Steamers have waived Johnny Hoover.
1992-06-04Johnny Hoover of the St. Louis Rythmn&Blues is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1987-08-14Johnny Hoover of the St. Louis Rythmn&Blues is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1986-07-16Johnny Hoover of the St. Louis Rythmn&Blues is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1984-04-16A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Blitz and the St. Louis Rythmn&Blues. The St. Louis Rythmn&Blues receive Chuck Radatz, Johnny Hoover, Gary Sheets, Earl Rudolph from the Pittsburgh Blitz in exchange for Gene Hampton.
1983-05-09Johnny Hoover of the Pittsburgh Blitz is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1982-06-27Johnny Hoover of the Pittsburgh Blitz is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1980-03-01The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Johnny Hoover to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Emmett Newsome to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have sent Bill Hesselbacher to the minors. The Pittsburgh Blitz have designated Rod McLaughlin for assignment.
1979-08-13The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Bill Lundstedt to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have sent Johnny Hoover to the minors.
1979-07-16The Pittsburgh Blitz have promoted Johnny Hoover to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Blitz have sent Emmett Newsome to the minors.