Trevor Hoffman
closer | throws: right | bats: right | height: 6-0 |
weight: 205 | born: 10.13.67
| |  | | Sports Illustrated, May 13, 2002.
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Career stats: Baseball-Reference.com
Career retrospectives: Padres.com | Union-Tribune
Entrance music: Hells Bells,
AC/DC
In the show: Marlins (1993), Padres (1993-2008), Brewers (2009-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.
How he was lost: Hoffman signed a one-year contract with the Brewers on Jan. 8, 2009. | MLB.com
Pitches: 1. Change 2. Fastball (high 80s) 3. Cut
fastball 4. Slider (occasional) 5. Curve (occasional)
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
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All-time saves leader (500+)
Seven-time All-Star (1998-2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009)
Top three in Cy Young Award voting twice (1998, 2006)
Top 10 in MVP voting (1998)
Led league in saves twice (1998, 2006)
Associated Press All-Star team (1998)
Two-time Sporting News Fireman of the Year (1996, 1998)
Two-time NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year (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 (14: 1995-2002, 2004-09)
Holds record for most games pitched, one team (803+)
Shares NL record for saves in a season (53 in 1998) with Randy Myers
Off the field
Branch Rickey Award (2008) | Padres.com
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (2006)
Hutch Award (2004)
The Trevor Hoffman Library
Hoffm
an deserves a plaque in Cooperstown | Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com | June 1, 2007
Who
6;s most underrated? Start with Oswalt | Jayson Stark, ESPN.com | May 25, 2007
Is Trevor
Hoffman the Best Closer of All Time? | Thom Henninger, STATS Blog | Sept. 5, 2006
For
whom the bell tolls | Anthony Tarantino, San Diego Union-Tribune | April 19, 2004
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