What years did Trevor Hoffman play?

Trevor Hoffman played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2010.

Was Trevor Hoffman a pitcher?

Yes. Trevor Hoffman pitched in the major leagues, recording 61 wins and 1133 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Trevor Hoffman hit?

Trevor Hoffman hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.

What was Trevor Hoffman's career batting average?

Trevor Hoffman batted .118 over his career, with 4 hits in 34 at bats.

How many RBI did Trevor Hoffman have?

Trevor Hoffman drove in 5 runs in his career.

Trevor Hoffman

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1993-2010)

Trevor Hoffman was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2010 for the Florida Marlins, the San Diego Padres, and the Milwaukee Brewers, a span of 18 seasons. Across 1,035 career appearances, he went 61-75 with a 2.87 ERA, 1,133 strikeouts, and 601 saves. Trevor Hoffman was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018 and was a 7-time All-Star and a 2-time Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 37065.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 9, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 2018

W–L 61–75

ERA 2.87

WHIP 1.06

SO 1,133

Pitcher PIV 37065.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 200 lb
Born: 10/13/1967 in Bellflower, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1993-04-06
Last Game: 2010-09-29
Hall of Fame: Inducted 2018 (BBWAA)
Awards: 7× All-Star · 2× Reliever of the Year

Full name: Trevor William Hoffman

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Career Pitching Statistics

Trevor Hoffman — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
61	75	1,035	0	0	0	601	1089.3	846	347	100	307	1,133	2.87	37065.1

Career ERA 2.87 vs. league average 4.42 across their career seasons — 35.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Trevor Hoffman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1993	FLO	NL	2	2	28	2	35.7	24	13	19	26	3.28	4.19 (+22%)	-678.0
1993	SDN	NL	2	4	39	3	54.3	56	26	20	53	4.31	4.19 (-3%)	1095.2
1994	SDN	NL	4	4	47	20	56.0	39	16	20	68	2.57	4.51 (+43%)	2562.1
1995	SDN	NL	7	4	55	31	53.3	48	23	14	52	3.88	4.45 (+13%)	98.1
1996	SDN	NL	9	5	70	42	88.0	50	22	31	111	2.25	4.61 (+51%)	4369.3
1997	SDN	NL	6	4	70	37	81.3	59	24	24	111	2.66	4.39 (+39%)	3485.5
1998	SDN	NL	4	2	66	53	73.0	41	12	21	86	1.48	4.43 (+67%)	4424.3
1999	SDN	NL	2	3	64	40	67.3	48	16	15	73	2.14	4.71 (+55%)	3599.6
2000	SDN	NL	4	7	70	43	72.3	61	24	11	85	2.99	4.77 (+37%)	4168.4
2001	SDN	NL	3	4	62	43	60.3	48	23	21	63	3.43	4.42 (+22%)	317.9
2002	SDN	NL	2	5	61	38	59.3	52	18	18	69	2.73	4.28 (+36%)	3367.7
2003	SDN	NL	0	0	9	0	9.0	7	2	3	11	2.00	4.40 (+55%)	0.0
2004	SDN	NL	3	3	55	41	54.7	42	14	8	53	2.30	4.46 (+48%)	2385.9
2005	SDN	NL	1	6	60	43	57.7	52	19	12	54	2.97	4.29 (+31%)	2612.9
2006	SDN	NL	0	2	65	46	63.0	48	15	13	50	2.14	4.53 (+53%)	1695.3
2007	SDN	NL	4	5	61	42	57.3	49	19	15	44	2.98	4.47 (+33%)	2218.9
2008	SDN	NL	3	6	48	30	45.3	38	19	9	46	3.77	4.32 (+13%)	379.2
2009	MIL	NL	3	2	55	37	54.0	35	11	14	48	1.83	4.32 (+58%)	2303.6
2010	MIL	NL	2	7	50	10	47.3	49	31	19	30	5.89	4.08 (-44%)	-1340.8
Career · 19 seasons			61	75	1,035	601	1,089.1	846	347	307	1,133	2.87	—	37,065

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Trevor Hoffman — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,035	34	1	4	2	0	0	5	0	0	11	.118	.118	.176	.294	0

Career AVG .118 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 55.8% below league average.

Career OBP .118 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 64.9% below league average.

Career SLG .176 vs. league average .421 across their career seasons — 58.1% below league average.

Career OPS .294 vs. league average .757 across their career seasons — 61.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Trevor Hoffman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1993	FLO	NL	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	SDN	NL	39	5	0	1	0	0	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	SDN	NL	47	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	SDN	NL	55	2	1	1	1	2	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	SDN	NL	70	8	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	SDN	NL	70	3	0	1	0	1	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	SDN	NL	66	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	SDN	NL	64	3	0	1	1	2	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	SDN	NL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	SDN	NL	62	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	SDN	NL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	SDN	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	SDN	NL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	SDN	NL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	SDN	NL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	SDN	NL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	SDN	NL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	MIL	NL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	MIL	NL	50	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 19 seasons			1,035	34	1	4	2	5	11	.118	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Trevor Hoffman — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Trevor Hoffman — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2006	NLDS2	SDN	1	.000
2005	NLDS1	SDN	1	.000
1998	NLCS	SDN	3	.000
1998	NLDS2	SDN	4	.000
1998	WS	SDN	1	.000
1996	NLDS2	SDN	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Trevor Hoffman — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	2	12	0	4	13.0	11	5	5	14	3.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

Trevor Hoffman — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2006	NLDS2	SDN	0	0	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00
2005	NLDS1	SDN	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
1998	NLCS	SDN	1	0	3	1	4.3	2	1	2	7	2.08
1998	NLDS2	SDN	0	0	4	2	3.0	3	0	1	4	0.00
1998	WS	SDN	0	1	1	0	2.0	2	2	1	0	9.00
1996	NLDS2	SDN	0	1	2	0	1.7	3	2	1	2	10.80

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Trevor Hoffman — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	573	14	0	1	0	0	.071
Away	461	20	1	3	0	5	.150

Pitching — Home / Away

Trevor Hoffman — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	573	602.2	452	178	142	642	2.66
Away	461	486.1	391	166	164	491	3.07

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Trevor Hoffman — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2010-09-29	MIL	NYN	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2010-09-26	MIL	MIA	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
2010-09-24	MIL	MIA	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0
2010-09-07	MIL	STL	SV	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
2010-08-30	MIL	CIN	L	0.2	2	1	1	1	0
2010-08-29	MIL	PIT	SV	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2010-08-28	MIL	PIT	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2010-08-25	MIL	LAD	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
2010-08-22	MIL	SDP	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2010-08-18	MIL	STL	SV	0.1	0	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Trevor Hoffman — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	1035	0	66	83	4	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Trevor Hoffman — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1993	FLO	P	28	2	7	0	0
1993	SDN	P	39	4	4	0	0
1994	SDN	P	47	4	5	0	1
1995	SDN	P	55	5	1	0	0
1996	SDN	P	70	8	6	0	0
1997	SDN	P	70	2	5	1	0
1998	SDN	P	66	3	4	0	1
1999	SDN	P	64	3	5	0	0
2000	SDN	P	70	2	7	0	0
2001	SDN	P	62	5	4	0	0
2002	SDN	P	61	5	2	1	0
2003	SDN	P	9	2	1	0	1
2004	SDN	P	55	2	6	0	0
2005	SDN	P	60	3	5	1	0
2006	SDN	P	65	6	5	0	2
2007	SDN	P	61	3	4	0	0
2008	SDN	P	48	3	6	0	0
2009	MIL	P	55	2	3	1	0
2010	MIL	P	50	2	3	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Trevor Hoffman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1035

Awards & Honors

Trevor Hoffman — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2022	Bob Feller Act of Valor Award - HOF Player
2009	Pitcher of the Month	May
2009	Reliever of the Month	May
2008	Branch Rickey Award
2007	Reliever of the Month	May
2006	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
2006	Reliever of the Month	September
2006	Reliever of the Year Award
2006	TSN Reliever of the Year
2005	Pitcher of the Month	May
2005	Reliever of the Month	May
2004	Hutch Award
1998	Reliever of the Year Award
1998	TSN Fireman of the Year
1996	TSN Fireman of the Year

Salary History

Trevor Hoffman — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2010	MIL	NL	$7,500,000
2009	MIL	NL	$6,000,000
2008	SDN	NL	$7,500,000
2007	SDN	NL	$7,000,000
2006	SDN	NL	$4,500,000
2005	SDN	NL	$5,000,000
2004	SDN	NL	$2,500,000
2003	SDN	NL	$9,600,000
2002	SDN	NL	$6,600,000
2001	SDN	NL	$6,750,000
2000	SDN	NL	$6,600,000
1999	SDN	NL	$4,775,000
1998	SDN	NL	$2,925,000
1997	SDN	NL	$1,500,000
1996	SDN	NL	$955,000
1995	SDN	NL	$315,000
1994	SDN	NL	$180,000
1993	FLO	NL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$80,309,000

College History

Trevor Hoffman — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Arizona	Tucson	AZ	1988, 1989
Cypress College	Cypress	CA	1986, 1987

Award Voting History

Trevor Hoffman — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2006	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	77.0	160	12
2006	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	46.0	448	0
2005	Most Valuable Player	NL	17th	19.0	448	0
1999	Cy Young Award	NL	6th	1.0	160	0
1999	Most Valuable Player	NL	28th	1.0	448	0
1998	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	88.0	160	13
1998	Most Valuable Player	NL	7th	117.0	448	0
1996	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	4.0	140	0
1996	Most Valuable Player	NL	22th	2.0	392	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Trevor Hoffman

What years did Trevor Hoffman play?: Trevor Hoffman played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2010.
Was Trevor Hoffman a pitcher?: Yes. Trevor Hoffman pitched in the major leagues, recording 61 wins and 1133 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Trevor Hoffman hit?: Trevor Hoffman hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.
Is Trevor Hoffman in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Trevor Hoffman was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.
What was Trevor Hoffman's career batting average?: Trevor Hoffman batted .118 over his career, with 4 hits in 34 at bats.
How many RBI did Trevor Hoffman have?: Trevor Hoffman drove in 5 runs in his career.