Red Hoff
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Red Hoff | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Ossining, New York, United States | May 8, 1891|
Died: September 17, 1998 Daytona Beach, Florida | (aged 107)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
September 6, 1911, for the New York Highlanders | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 2, 1915, for the St. Louis Browns | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 2-4 |
Earned run average | 2.49 |
Innings pitched | 83 |
Teams | |
Chester Cornelius "Red" Hoff (May 8, 1891 – September 17, 1998) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Biography
Born in Ossining, New York, he pitched for the New York Highlanders (renamed the Yankees in 1913) from 1911–1913 and for the St. Louis Browns in 1915.
Hoff made his major league debut on September 6, 1911. Pitching against the Detroit Tigers in his second appearance on September 18 at Hilltop Park, he struck out Ty Cobb. In later years, Hoff recalled this as the highlight of his career.[1]
Although he only appeared in 23 games, Hoff is best remembered for being the oldest living ex-major leaguer at the time of his death in Daytona Beach, Florida, at the age of 107. He was the longest-lived person to have played in Major League Baseball. At the time of his death, he was also the longest-lived person to have played in any professional sport; this record was later surpassed by former Negro League pitcher Silas Simmons. Hoff died of complications resulting from a fall.
At the time of his death, he was the last surviving person to have played in Major League Baseball during the dead-ball era, the historically low-scoring period from 1901 to 1920.
See also
References
- ^ Geoffrey C. Ward, Baseball: An Illustrated History at 110 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1994) (based on a documentary filmscript by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns).
External links
- Career statistics and player information from ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Red Hoff at Find a Grave
- 1891 births
- 1998 deaths
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- New York Highlanders players
- New York Yankees players
- St. Louis Browns players
- Lawrence Barristers players
- Rochester Hustlers players
- Salt Lake City Bees players
- Little Rock Travelers players
- Kansas City Blues (baseball) players
- Baseball players from New York (state)
- American centenarians
- Accidental deaths in Florida
- Accidental deaths from falls
- People from Ossining, New York
- American baseball pitcher, 1890s births stubs