 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.