MLB / Players

Glenn Hoffman

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 175 lb

BornJuly 7, 1958 · Orange, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 12, 1980

Final gameSeptember 23, 1989

Seasons9 (1980–1989)

Boston Red Sox 1980–1987; Los Angeles Dodgers 1987; California Angels 1989

Percentile snapshot

1983 season — qualified batters

143

28.5

518

4.6

473

14.6

16.9

123

41.5

4.6

12.3

RBI

7.7

10.8

46.9

10.8

83.8

.260

27.7

OBP

.306

12.3

SLG

.340

12.3

OPS

.646

10.8

wRC+

72.5

6.2

OPS+

73.4

6.9

wOBA

.296

8.5

sWAR

0.8

11.5

of 131 qualified 1983 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

2.1

70.5

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1980	114	346	312	37	89	15	4	4	42	19	41	2	4	.285	.326	.397	.724	93.0	94.4	.327	1.1
1981	78	261	242	28	56	10	0	1	20	12	25	0	1	.231	.271	.285	.556	54.0	57.3	.263	-0.1
1982	150	513	469	53	98	23	2	7	49	30	69	0	4	.209	.262	.311	.573	47.3	53.8	.258	-0.7
1983	143	518	473	56	123	24	1	4	41	30	76	1	1	.260	.306	.340	.646	72.5	73.4	.296	0.8
1984	64	80	74	8	14	4	0	0	4	5	10	0	1	.189	.241	.243	.484	28.5	32.4	.228	-0.1
1985	96	321	279	40	77	17	2	6	34	25	40	2	2	.276	.343	.416	.759	106.8	104.4	.342	1.8
1986	12	26	23	1	5	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	.217	.269	.304	.574	53.1	56.3	.260	0.0
1987	61	206	187	15	40	8	0	0	16	10	32	0	1	.214	.269	.257	.525	40.9	42.0	.245	-0.5
1989	48	112	104	9	22	3	0	1	3	3	13	0	2	.212	.241	.269	.510	41.3	45.3	.238	-0.2

Career totals

766

2,383

2,163

247

524

106

RBI

210

136

309

.2423

OBP

.2915

SLG

.3315

OPS

.6230

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1980-05-03	BOS @ KC Gameday	4	1	4	1	1	0	2	7
1983-04-13	BOS @ KC Gameday	6	2	5	1	0	0	1	6
1982-06-23	DET @ BOS Gameday	4	1	3	0	0	1	4	6
1982-09-14	CLE @ BOS Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	1	3	6
1982-04-20	BAL @ BOS Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	1	2	6

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.