Trevor Hoffman
closer | throws: right | bats: right | height: 6-0 | weight: 205 | born: 10.13.67
Trevor Hoffman
Sports Illustrated, May 13, 2002.
Career stats: Baseball-Reference.com
Career retrospectives: Padres.com | Union-Tribune
Entrance music: Hells Bells, AC/DC
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.

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
2009 projections (Bill James Handbook): 2-2, 2.94 ERA, 41 saves, 38 strikeouts and 10 walks in 42 innings

Resume

  • All-time saves leader (500+)
  • Six-time All-Star (1998-2000, 2002, 2006, 2007)
  • 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 (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
    Off the field
  • Branch Rickey Award (2008) | Padres.com
  • Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (2006)
  • Hutch Award (2004)

    The Trevor Hoffman Library

  • 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)
  • 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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