Stew Hofferth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1913
Place of Birth: Logansport, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 07-Mar-1994
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Stew Hofferth
- Stewart Edward Hofferth (January 27, 1913 – March 7, 1994) was an American professional baseball player.
- The catcher appeared in 136 Major League Baseball games played over three seasons for the 1944–46 Boston Braves.
- Listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 metres) tall and 195 pounds (88 kilograms), Hofferth threw and batted right-handed.
- He was born in Logansport, Indiana. Hofferth spent eight years (1936–43) in minor league baseball, including three seasons (1940–42) as a player-manager in the Brooklyn Dodgers' organization, before his promotion to the Braves in 1944 during the World War II manpower shortage.
- He appeared in a career-high 66 games during his rookie season as the backup to Phil Masi and Clyde Kluttz.
- On May 13, 1944, Hofferth collected four hits and scored four runs in six at bats to help lead the Braves to a 16–2 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.
- Two and a half months later, on July 30, he had another four-hit day against the Pirates, this time in four at bats, in a 6–4 Boston triumph at Braves Field.Hofferth's playing time diminished in 1945, although he hit three home runs and started 43 games at catcher (both career bests) for the Braves that season.
- Hofferth then spent the first two months of the postwar 1946 campaign on the Braves' roster, appearing in 20 games and starting 15 behind the plate.
- On June 15, he went hitless in three at bats against Ed Heusser of the Cincinnati Reds at Braves Field.
- Later that day, then the trading deadline in Major League Baseball, he was reacquired by Brooklyn in a one-for-one deal for fellow Hoosier Billy Herman, the veteran 36-year-old second baseman in the twilight of a Hall of Fame career.
- Hofferth never played another MLB game and retired after spending 1948 as a player-manager in the Dodger organization. In addition to four home runs, his 88 big-league hits included 11 doubles and one triple.
- Hofferth died at age 81 in Valparaiso, Indiana.
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