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Ted Williams League
3-25-2440
Ben Hofferth Shortstop
Retired (1965, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .251 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .667 Status Deceased (2004) Option Years 0  
H 1735 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 01-27-1929
HR 114 Drafted Round 3, Pick 47
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(0 games)
RBI 598
SB 156
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed B+ Bunt C+ Control   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (98.7%) CF (3.0%)   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (99.0%) RF (2.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 21 56.00 6 / 7 8 / 8 5 / 7 8 / 8 3 / 14 3 / 5 5 / 7 38 / 56
1951 Minors 22 75.00 11 / 13 7 / 13 5 / 7 10 / 13 2 / 13 4 / 8 5 / 8 44 / 75
1952 Minors 23 58.00 5 / 6 4 / 7 4 / 9 3 / 11 2 / 7 5 / 11 4 / 7 27 / 58
1953 Majors 24 47.55 156 65 6 4 / 6 8 / 10 0 / 4 2 / 11 1 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 7 19 / 47
1954 Majors 25 64.62 162 148 0 5 / 8 4 / 7 5 / 10 4 / 11 0 / 5 3 / 11 5 / 12 26 / 64
1955 Majors 26 66.15 162 148 0 2 / 4 2 / 7 0 / 6 3 / 10 1 / 14 4 / 16 1 / 9 13 / 66
1956 Majors 27 64.66 162 148 0 1 / 7 4 / 10 1 / 10 3 / 9 1 / 11 1 / 9 1 / 8 12 / 64
1957 Majors 28 64.80 162 148 0 0 / 5 0 / 8 2 / 7 2 / 14 0 / 6 1 / 10 0 / 14 5 / 64
1958 Majors 29 64.80 162 148 0 1 / 10 1 / 16 0 / 9 1 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 7 3 / 64
1959 Majors 30 64.80 162 148 0 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 15 1 / 10 2 / 64
1960 Majors 31 64.80 162 148 0 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 15 0 / 5 0 / 12 1 / 13 0 / 6 1 / 64
1961 Majors 32 64.80 162 148 0 1 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 11 0 / 13 1 / 9 0 / 8 3 / 64
1962 Majors 33 64.80 162 148 0 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 13 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 64
1963 Majors 34 52.36 162 67 0 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 52
1964 Majors 35 59.31 162 79 0 -3 / 9 -7 / 7 -1 / 9 -2 / 11 -7 / 6 -2 / 7 -3 / 10 -25 / 59
1965 Majors 36 53.32 162 75 0 -1 / 8 -3 / 10 -3 / 5 -4 / 6 -2 / 8 -2 / 8 -1 / 8 -16 / 53
Total 2100 1618 6 32 / 120 28 / 137 18 / 133 31 / 157 1 / 142 22 / 150 20 / 139 152 / 978
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Ben Hofferth has retired from the Brooklyn Bullys
1953-05-08Ben Hofferth of the Brooklyn Blacks is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1953-03-25The Brooklyn Blacks have promoted Ben Hofferth to the major league team. The Brooklyn Blacks have promoted Desmond Schmidt to the major league team. The Brooklyn Blacks have designated Carl Grady for assignment. The Brooklyn Blacks have designated Omar Cross for assignment.