Trevor Hoffman
closer | throws: right | bats: right | height: 6-0 | weight: 205 | born: 10.13.67
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Career stats: Baseball-Reference.com
2008 opening day age: 40
2008 salary: $7.5 million
Contract status: Hoffman agreed to a two-year, $13.5 million contract on Dec. 8, 2005. The Padres have a $7.5 million option for 2008 with a $2 million buyout, which vested because Hoffman pitched 45 games in 2006.
In the show: Marlins (1993), Padres (1993-present).
How he was acquired: The Padres traded Gary Sheffield and Rich Rodriguez to the Marlins for Hoffman, Jose Martinez and Andres Berumen on June 24, 1993.
Player most similar to: Mariano Rivera
Career year, 1998: 4-2, 1.48 ERA, 53 saves in 54 opportunities, 86 strikeouts and 21 walks in 73 innings.
2008 projections (Bill James Handbook): 4-3, 2.80 ERA, 39 saves, 56 strikeouts and 14 walks in 61 innings.
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All-time saves leader (482+)
Six-time All-Star (1998-2000, 2002, 2006, 2007)
AP All-Star team (1998)
The Sporting News Fireman of the Year twice (1996, 1998)
Two-time NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year (1998, 2006)
Top three in Cy Young Award voting (1998, 2006)
Top 10 in MVP voting (1998)
Led league in saves twice (1998, 2006)
400th save (May 6, 2005: Padres d. Cardinals, 6-5)
300th save (Aug. 14, 2001: Padres d. Mets, 2-1)
Holds record for most 40-save seasons (9: 1996, 1998-2001, 2004-07)
Holds record for most 30-save seasons (12: 1995-2002, 2004-07)
Holds record for most games pitched, one team (803+)
Shares NL record for saves in a season (53 in 1998) with Randy Myers
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (2006)
Hutch Award (2004)
The Trevor Hoffman Library
Is Trevor Hoffman the Best Closer of All Time? -- Thom Henninger, STATS Blog (Sept. 5, 2006)
Hoffman deserves a plaque in Cooperstown -- Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com (June 1, 2007)
Who's most underrated? Start with Oswalt -- Jayson Stark, ESPN.com (May 25, 2007)
For whom the bell tolls -- Anthony Tarantino, San Diego Union-Tribune (April 19, 2004)
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