What years did Dave Hoskins play?

Dave Hoskins played in Major League Baseball from 1953 to 1954.

Was Dave Hoskins a pitcher?

Both. Dave Hoskins pitched in 61 games, going 16-11 with a 4.32 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Right Fielder.

How many home runs did Dave Hoskins hit?

Dave Hoskins hit 5 career home runs with 170 hits.

What were Dave Hoskins's career stats?

In 202 games, Dave Hoskins had 170 hits, 5 home runs, 91 RBI, 95 runs, and 3 stolen bases, with a .286 batting average. As a pitcher, in 61 games, he went 16-11 with a 4.32 ERA, 128 strikeouts, 256.1 innings pitched, and 1 saves.

What position did Dave Hoskins play?

Dave Hoskins played primarily as a right fielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Dave Hoskins and how much did he weigh?

Dave Hoskins was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 180 pounds.

How many home runs did Dave Hoskins hit each season?

Dave Hoskins's home runs by season: 0 in 1942, 0 in 1943, 4 in 1944, 0 in 1945, 0 in 1946, 1 in 1953, and 0 in 1954. His most in one season was 4, in 1944.

What was Dave Hoskins's career batting average?

Dave Hoskins batted .286 over his career, with 170 hits in 594 at bats.

How many RBI did Dave Hoskins have?

Dave Hoskins drove in 91 runs in his career.

What was Dave Hoskins's career ERA?

Dave Hoskins finished with a 4.32 career ERA, going 16-11 with 128 strikeouts.

Is Dave Hoskins in the Hall of Fame?

No. Dave Hoskins has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dave Hoskins

Right Fielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1953-1954)

Dave Hoskins was a right fielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1953 to 1954 for 4 teams, including the Chicago American Giants, a span of 2 seasons. In 202 career games, he hit .286 with 170 hits, 5 home runs, and 91 RBI. He also pitched in 61 games, going 16-11 with a 4.32 ERA. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 488.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 24, 2026

AVG .286

HR 5

RBI 91

H 170

OPS .724

PIV 488

Position: Right Fielder
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 180 lb
Born: 8/3/1917 in Greenwood, MS, USA
Died: 4/2/1970 in Flint, MI, USA
MLB Debut: 1953-04-18
Last Game: 1954-09-21

Full name: David Will Hoskins

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Dave Hoskins — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
694.0	647.0	111.0	234.0	35.0	15.0	15.0	85.0	40.0	17.0	8.0	.362	.401	.532	.933

Pitching

Dave Hoskins — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
14	7	19	13	12	1	147.0	151	82	22	1	26	56	1.35	1.20

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Dave Hoskins — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	43.0	39.0	9.0	24.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	.615	.643	1.077	1.720
Listed seasons · 1	43	39	9	24	2	2	4	6	3	1	2	.615	—	—	—

Career Batting Statistics

Dave Hoskins — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
202	594	95	170	23	11	5	91	3	42	18	.286	.336	.387	.724	488

Career AVG .286 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — +10.5% above league average.

Career OBP .336 vs. league average .328 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .387 vs. league average .364 across their career seasons — +6.5% above league average.

Career OPS .724 vs. league average .692 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Dave Hoskins — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1942	CAG	NAL	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	KCM	NAL	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	HG	NN2	52	189	32	63	10	4	4	43	2	5	2	.333	.261 (+27%)	.325 (+10%)	.357 (+38%)	.683 (+24%)	666.5
1945	HG	NN2	46	184	32	52	8	4	0	26	0	15	2	.283	.260 (+8%)	.328 (+2%)	.354 (+4%)	.683 (+3%)	70.8
1946	HG	NN2	49	149	19	37	3	3	0	11	1	18	0	.248	.256 (-3%)	.328 (avg)	.358 (-14%)	.687 (-7%)	-144.4
1953	CLE	AL	38	58	10	15	2	0	1	9	0	3	11	.259	.264 (-2%)	.335 (-9%)	.397 (-13%)	.733 (-11%)	-105.2
1954	CLE	AL	15	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 7 seasons			202	594	95	170	23	11	5	91	3	42	18	.286	—	—	—	—	488

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 Pitching Statistics

Dave Hoskins — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
16	11	61	21	12	1	1	256.1	276	123	14	79	128	4.32	2927.8

Career ERA 4.32 vs. league average 3.72 across their career seasons — 16.0% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Dave Hoskins — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1942	CAG	NAL	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	8	4	0	3	9.00	—	0.0
1944	HG	NN2	5	2	8	6	5	1	0	50.1	57	21	12	15	3.75	3.57 (-5%)	837.0
1945	HG	NN2	2	2	6	3	3	0	0	34.1	40	13	11	34	3.41	3.67 (+7%)	1148.7
1946	HG	NN2	0	2	6	3	1	0	0	28.1	40	26	8	12	8.26	3.59 (-130%)	162.5
1953	CLE	AL	9	3	26	7	3	0	1	112.2	102	50	38	55	3.99	4.14 (+3%)	1055.1
1954	CLE	AL	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	26.2	29	9	10	9	3.04	3.90 (+22%)	-275.5
Career · 6 seasons			16	11	61	21	12	1	1	256.1	276	123	79	128	4.32	—	2,928

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

Dave Hoskins — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	37	4	10	1	0	1	5	1	3	.270

Playoff Batting by Year

Dave Hoskins — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1945	NWS	HG	4	15	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	.267
1944	NWS	HG	5	22	3	6	0	0	1	5	0	2	.273

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Dave Hoskins — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	122	289	53	102	3	35	.353
Away	84	217	41	73	4	34	.336

Pitching — Home / Away

Dave Hoskins — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	36	158.2	137	37	37	61	2.10
Away	27	78.2	93	34	29	31	3.89

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dave Hoskins — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	BB	SO
1954-09-21	CLE	CHW	L	0	0	0	0
1954-09-09	CLE	PHA	W	0	1	0	0
1954-08-30	CLE	BOS	W	0	0	0	0
1954-08-05	CLE	NYY	L	0	0	0	0
1954-07-29	CLE	BOS	L	0	0	0	0
1954-07-21	CLE	BOS	L	1	0	1	0
1954-07-18	CLE	MIN	L	1	0	0	0
1954-07-11	CLE	CHW	L	0	0	0	0
1954-07-10	CLE	CHW	L	0	0	0	0
1954-07-05	CLE	DET	W	2	0	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Dave Hoskins — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1954-09-21	CLE	CHW	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954-08-30	CLE	BOS	—	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0
1954-08-05	CLE	NYY	—	1.0	3	0	0	1	0	0
1954-07-29	CLE	BOS	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954-07-21	CLE	BOS	—	3.1	4	1	1	2	1	0
1954-07-18	CLE	MIN	—	2.1	1	1	1	1	0	1
1954-07-11	CLE	CHW	—	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1954-07-10	CLE	CHW	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1954-07-05	CLE	DET	—	3.2	6	3	2	2	0	2
1954-06-25	CLE	NYY	—	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dave Hoskins — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
3B	3	0	0	1	0	0
OF	132	124	200	7	6	0
P	61	14	9	56	3	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dave Hoskins — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1942	CAG	P	1	1	0	0	0	0
1943	KCM	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
1944	HG	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1944	HG	OF	43	43	61	2	2	0
1944	HG	P	8	6	0	19	1	0
1945	HG	3B	2	0	0	1	0	0
1945	HG	OF	44	43	68	3	3	0
1945	HG	P	6	3	0	8	0	0
1946	HG	OF	44	37	71	2	1	0
1946	HG	P	6	3	0	7	2	0
1953	CLE	P	26	0	7	18	0	1
1954	CLE	P	14	1	2	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Dave Hoskins — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	61
Third Base	3
Left Field	21
Center Field	2
Right Field	109

Dave Hoskins: the record in brief

The rows for Dave Hoskins start in 1942, in the Negro Leagues, well before the April 18, 1953 debut listed in the bio, and the final game as September 21, 1954. Club by club, the record runs the Chicago American Giants (1942), the Kansas City Monarchs (1943), the Homestead Grays (1944 to 1946), and the Cleveland Indians (1953 to 1954). Listed as a right fielder, Hoskins batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds. Hoskins was born on August 3, 1917, in Greenwood, MS, USA. The bio records the death on April 2, 1970, in Flint, MI, USA. On the record, Dave Hoskins was born David Will Hoskins.

Hoskins's career batting table shows 202 games, 594 at bats and 170 hits, a .286 average; the totals also include 5 homers and 91 runs batted in. Hoskins's career OPS of .724 combines a .336 on-base mark with .387 slugging. Hoskins's .286 average ran 10.5% above the .259 that the league posted over the same seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dave Hoskins

What years did Dave Hoskins play?: Dave Hoskins played in Major League Baseball from 1953 to 1954.
Was Dave Hoskins a pitcher?: Both. Dave Hoskins pitched in 61 games, going 16-11 with a 4.32 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Right Fielder.
How many home runs did Dave Hoskins hit?: Dave Hoskins hit 5 career home runs with 170 hits.
What teams did Dave Hoskins play for?: Dave Hoskins played for 4 teams: the Chicago American Giants (1942), the Kansas City Monarchs (1943), the Homestead Grays (1944–1946), and the Cleveland Indians (1953–1954).
What were Dave Hoskins's career stats?: In 202 games, Dave Hoskins had 170 hits, 5 home runs, 91 RBI, 95 runs, and 3 stolen bases, with a .286 batting average. As a pitcher, in 61 games, he went 16-11 with a 4.32 ERA, 128 strikeouts, 256.1 innings pitched, and 1 saves.
What position did Dave Hoskins play?: Dave Hoskins played primarily as a right fielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Dave Hoskins and how much did he weigh?: Dave Hoskins was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 180 pounds.
How many home runs did Dave Hoskins hit each season?: Dave Hoskins's home runs by season: 0 in 1942, 0 in 1943, 4 in 1944, 0 in 1945, 0 in 1946, 1 in 1953, and 0 in 1954. His most in one season was 4, in 1944.
What was Dave Hoskins's career batting average?: Dave Hoskins batted .286 over his career, with 170 hits in 594 at bats.
How many RBI did Dave Hoskins have?: Dave Hoskins drove in 91 runs in his career.
What was Dave Hoskins's career ERA?: Dave Hoskins finished with a 4.32 career ERA, going 16-11 with 128 strikeouts.
Is Dave Hoskins in the Hall of Fame?: No. Dave Hoskins has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.