Trevor Hoffman is a former American baseball relief pitcher who played 18 years in the MLB from 1993 to 2010. Hoffman pitched for the San Diego Padres for more than 15 years. He was the major leagues' first player to reach the 500 and 600-save milestone, was the all-time saves leader from 2006 until 2011, and retired with 1,133 recorded strikeouts.
Hoffman was selected to the All Star Games seven times, and was both the NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year and NL Saves Champion in 1998 and 2006. In 2011, the Padres retired Hoffman's number 51. In 2014, the MLB introduced the Trevor Hoffman National League Reliever of the Year Award, which is awarded annually to the top reliever in the NL. That same year, Hoffman was inducted into the Padres Hall of Fame.