{{Short description|American baseball player (1863–1915)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=John Hofford |image= |position=Pitcher |bats=Unknown |throws=Unknown |birth_date={{birth date|1863|5|25|mf=y}} |birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1915|12|16|1863|5|25}} |death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 26 |debutyear=1885 |debutteam=Pittsburgh Alleghenys |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 24 |finalyear=1886 |finalteam=Pittsburgh Alleghenys |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=3–9 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=4.16 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=46 |teams= *Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1885–1886) }} '''John William Hofford''' (May 25, 1863 – December 16, 1915) was an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the American Association from 1885 to 1886. He played minor league baseball for multiple clubs from 1885 to 1896.
==Biography== He was born May 25, 1863, in Philadelphia.<ref name=retrosheet>{{cite web |title=John Hofford |url=https://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phoffj101.htm |website=retrosheet.org |publisher=Retrosheet |access-date=27 April 2026}}</ref><ref name=Lee>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Bill |title=The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of More Than 7,600 Major League Players and Others |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=978-0-78644-239-3 |page=185 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13EwCgAAQBAJ |access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref>
He pitched for the minor league Augusta Browns in 1885.<ref name=baseball-reference>{{cite web |title=John Hofford |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hoffor001joh |website=www.baseball-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref> He pitched for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys for two seasons from 1885 to 1886.<ref>{{cite web |title=MLB Stats for John Hofford |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hoffojo01 |website=www.baseball-almanac.com |publisher=Baseball Almanac, Inc. |access-date=27 April 2026}}</ref> Hofford and teammate Frank Ringo were released from the team by the manager Horace Phillips for "lushness".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nemec |first1=David |title=Frank Ringo |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Frank-Ringo/ |website=sabr.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref>
He played minor league baseball from 1886 to 1896 for multiple teams including the Brockton Shoemakers,<ref name=baseball-reference/> the Fort Worth Panthers,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=Marshall D. |title=The Texas League in Baseball, 1888-1958 |date=2024 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=9781476611891 |pages=11-12 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Texas_League_in_Baseball_1888_1958/95IuEQAAQBAJ |access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref> the Littlestown Brown Stockings, the Lynchburg Hill Climbers, the Memphis Grays, the San Antonio Cowboys, the Torrington Tornadoes, and the Utica Pent-Ups.<ref name=baseball-reference/>
He died December 16, 1915, in Philadelphia,<ref name=retrosheet/><ref name=Lee/> and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Hofford |url=https://remembermyjourney.com/memorials/john-hofford?id=Dl8o1v9Y |website=remembermyjourney.com |publisher=webCemeteries |access-date=27 April 2026}}</ref>
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