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Name	Team	Age
Billy Hoffman	Retired (1966, Age 36)	Died (2005, Age 75)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 15 (1951)	CF	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Nellie Fox League	0	13 years (6 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A-	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	B+	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	A-	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	10/31/1930
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	2
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.6 %)	A+ (98.3 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1951

Minors

52.00

3 / 6

4 / 4

8 / 8

10 / 10

2 / 6

7 / 8

10 / 10

44 / 52

1952

Minors

61.00

7 / 7

15 / 21

10 / 10

5 / 7

2 / 5

9 / 10

1 / 1

49 / 61

1953

Majors

77.49

162

124

0

3 / 6

4 / 9

3 / 6

5 / 8

6 / 18

10 / 16

12 / 14

43 / 77

1954

Majors

78.27

162

119

0

2 / 6

3 / 11

5 / 9

3 / 13

3 / 12

11 / 18

6 / 9

33 / 78

1955

Majors

73.26

162

133

0

3 / 10

6 / 13

3 / 6

8 / 14

1 / 9

4 / 6

5 / 15

30 / 73

1956

Majors

67.22

162

135

0

1 / 6

2 / 10

3 / 9

2 / 8

2 / 17

5 / 10

3 / 7

18 / 67

1957

Majors

66.65

162

135

0

1 / 7

0 / 12

1 / 9

3 / 11

1 / 8

4 / 11

1 / 8

11 / 66

1958

Majors

59.43

151

127

11

0 / 8

0 / 8

1 / 11

3 / 11

0 / 6

2 / 9

1 / 6

7 / 59

1959

Majors

64.12

162

135

0

0 / 5

0 / 9

1 / 13

2 / 18

0 / 4

1 / 8

0 / 7

4 / 64

1960

Majors

47.80

146

66

16

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 10

1 / 6

1 / 47

1961

Majors

59.33

162

91

0

0 / 7

0 / 12

0 / 5

1 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 10

1 / 59

1962

Majors

64.32

162

135

0

0 / 8

0 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 13

0 / 6

0 / 12

1 / 64

1963

Majors

64.32

162

135

0

0 / 13

0 / 5

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 64

1964

Majors

57.26

162

92

0

-4 / 2

-2 / 9

-2 / 6

-5 / 11

-7 / 11

-1 / 12

-3 / 6

-24 / 57

1965

Majors

54.83

162

92

0

-4 / 7

-6 / 6

-2 / 11

-4 / 9

-6 / 13

-1 / 5

-3 / 3

-26 / 54

1966

Majors

19.00

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 19

Total

2079

1519

27

12 / 108

26 / 146

32 / 130

33 / 161

4 / 144

51 / 149

34 / 123

192 / 961

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1966-11-01	Billy Hoffman has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1966-04-14	The Kansas City Comets have waived Billy Hoffman.
1966-03-25	The Kansas City Comets have promoted Kevin Cleary to the major league team. The Kansas City Comets have designated Billy Hoffman for assignment.
1964-03-26	Kansas City Comets has drafted Billy Hoffman #97 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1960-05-25	Billy Hoffman of the New York Metros is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1958-07-28	Billy Hoffman of the New York Metros is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1953-10-11	Billy Hoffman of the New York Metros is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
1953-04-01	The New York Metros have promoted Billy Hoffman to the major league team. The New York Metros have promoted Sal Giamboni to the major league team.