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Glen Hobbie
Glen Frederick Hobbie

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 20, 1957
  vs. MLN 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER
Final Game July 25, 1964
Born April 24, 1936 in Witt, IL

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1957 21 CHC NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    4.3    6    5    5   0    5    3   0   1    24   0   0 10.38  3.92   38 2.538
 1958 22 CHC NL  10   6  55  16   2   1  21  2  168.3  163   80   70  13   93   91   7   7   755   8   0  3.74  3.91  105 1.521
 1959 23 CHC NL  16  13  46  33  10   3   3  0  234.0  204  105   96  15  106  138   6   9   991   1   0  3.69  3.95  107 1.325
 1960 24 CHC NL  16  20  46  36  16   4   5  1  258.7  253  130  114  27  101  134   9   8  1118   7   0  3.97  3.76   95 1.369
 1961 25 CHC NL   7  13  36  29   7   2   4  2  198.7  207  113   94  26   54  103   6   4   848   7   0  4.26  4.19   98 1.314
 1962 26 CHC NL   5  14  42  23   5   0  12  0  162.0  198  112   94  19   62   87   3   5   733   8   1  5.22  4.14   79 1.605
 1963 27 CHC NL   7  10  36  24   4   1   5  0  165.3  172   80   72  17   49   94   6   9   701   2   0  3.92  3.52   90 1.337
 1964 28 TOT NL   1   5  21   9   1   0   4  1   71.7   80   52   45   8   25   32   2   0   320   2   0  5.65  3.78   67 1.465
         CHC NL   0   3   8   4   0   0   0  0   27.3   39   29   24   4   10   14   1   0   131   1   0  7.90  3.71   47 1.793
         STL NL   1   2  13   5   1   0   4  1   44.3   41   23   21   4   15   18   1   0   189   1   0  4.26  3.82   90 1.263
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .434  62  81 284 170  45  11  55  6 1263.0 1283  677  590 125  495  682  39  43  5490  35   1  4.20  3.90   93 1.408
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  12  42  25   6   1   8  0  189.0  192  101   88  18   74  102   5   6   822   5   0  4.20  3.90   93 1.408
 Career High     16  20  55  36  16   4  21  2  258.7  253  130  114  27  106  138   9   9  1118   8   1  3.69  4.19  107 1.314

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 21 CHC NL   2    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1958 22 CHC NL  55   48    3    7   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  26  .146  .160  .146  -17    7   1   1   0   0   2
 1959 23 CHC NL  46   79    3    9   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  30  .114  .136  .127  -29   10   3   0   0   0   0
 1960 24 CHC NL  46   86    6   13   1  0   1    6   0  0   6  31  .151  .215  .198   15   17   1   0   0   1   0
 1961 25 CHC NL  36   66    5   11   3  0   2    6   0  0   5  30  .167  .225  .303   38   20   3   0   0   0   1
 1962 26 CHC NL  42   49    4    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  24  .122  .173  .122  -20    6   1   0   0   0   0
 1963 27 CHC NL  36   50    2    4   0  0   0    0   0  1   2  27  .080  .115  .080  -44    4   3   0   0   0   1
 1964 28 TOT NL  21   18    1    2   1  0   1    1   0  0   2   4  .111  .200  .333   43    6   1   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL   8    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .000  .286  .000  -12    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  13   13    1    2   1  0   1    1   0  0   0   2  .154  .154  .462   60    6   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      284  398   25   52   6  0   4   16   0  1  21 172  .131  .176  .176   -4   70  13   1   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        227   14   30   3  0   2    9   0  1  12  98  .131  .176  .176   -4   40   7   1   0   1   2
 Career High     55   86    6   13   3  0   2    6   0  1   6  31                          20   3   1   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 21 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0   102| .000  .268| .000  .330| .000  .414| .000  .744|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1958 22 CHC NL   51   45    1   0.6   104| .146  .267| .160  .335| .146  .417| .306  .752| -17  .023  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1959 23 CHC NL   84   73    2   0.7   104| .114  .269| .136  .335| .127  .416| .263  .751| -29  .033 -14.7  -1.5   0%
 1960 24 CHC NL   94   74    4   1.5    98| .151  .262| .215  .328| .198  .402| .413  .730|  15  .119 -10.3  -1.1   0%
 1961 25 CHC NL   74   59    5   2.3   106| .167  .271| .225  .338| .303  .422| .528  .760|  38  .210  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1962 26 CHC NL   53   44    1   0.6   106| .122  .275| .173  .342| .122  .417| .295  .759| -20  .025  -8.6  -0.9   0%
 1963 27 CHC NL   55   51    0   0.0    94| .080  .261| .115  .323| .080  .390| .195  .713| -44  .000  -9.6  -1.0   0%
 1964 28 TOT NL   21   17    1   1.6    99| .111  .272| .200  .330| .333  .404| .533  .734|  43  .149  -1.5  -0.2   0%
         CHC NL    7    5    0   0.0    97| .000  .268| .286  .326| .000  .398| .286  .724| -12  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         STL NL   14   12    1   2.2   101| .154  .273| .154  .332| .462  .406| .616  .738|  60  .249  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       434  365   14   1.0   102| .131  .267| .176  .333| .176  .410| .352  .743|  -4  .064 -59.5  -6.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1957 21 CHC NL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.80 2.09 2.09 0 4.3 1958 22 CHC NL P 55 12 44 5 5 .918 .956 1.02 0.77 2.99 1.97 16 168.3 1959 23 CHC NL P 46 18 40 4 2 .935 .954 1.26 0.82 2.25 1.99 33 232.0 1960 24 CHC NL P 46 19 67 5 4 .945 .962 1.87 0.87 2.99 2.09 36 258.7 1961 25 CHC NL P 36 16 53 4 1 .945 .960 1.92 0.88 3.13 2.18 29 198.7 1962 26 CHC NL P 42 8 31 0 1 1.000 .949 0.93 0.82 2.17 2.07 23 162.0 1963 27 CHC NL P 36 6 29 4 1 .897 .951 0.97 0.84 1.91 2.06 24 165.3 1964 28 TOT NL P 21 6 18 0 0 1.000 .956 1.14 0.84 3.02 2.14 9 71.6 CHC NL P 8 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.88 0.84 2.31 2.14 4 27.3 STL NL P 13 5 12 0 0 1.000 .955 1.31 0.84 3.45 2.13 5 44.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1957 21 CHC NL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.80 2.09 2.09 0 4.3 1958 22 CHC NL P 55 12 44 5 5 .918 .956 1.02 0.77 2.99 1.97 16 168.3 1959 23 CHC NL P 46 18 40 4 2 .935 .954 1.26 0.82 2.25 1.99 33 232.0 1960 24 CHC NL P 46 19 67 5 4 .945 .962 1.87 0.87 2.99 2.09 36 258.7 1961 25 CHC NL P 36 16 53 4 1 .945 .960 1.92 0.88 3.13 2.18 29 198.7 1962 26 CHC NL P 42 8 31 0 1 1.000 .949 0.93 0.82 2.17 2.07 23 162.0 1963 27 CHC NL P 36 6 29 4 1 .897 .951 0.97 0.84 1.91 2.06 24 165.3 1964 28 TOT NL P 21 6 18 0 0 1.000 .956 1.14 0.84 3.02 2.14 9 71.6 CHC NL P 8 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.88 0.84 2.31 2.14 4 27.3 STL NL P 13 5 12 0 0 1.000 .955 1.31 0.84 3.45 2.13 5 44.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 284 86 282 22 14 .944 .957 1.30 0.83 2.63 2.07 170 1261.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 284 86 282 22 14 .944 .957 1.30 0.83 2.63 2.07 170 1261
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wins
1959 NL-16-8
1960 NL-16-9

Won-Loss %
1958 NL-.625-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1959 NL-7.85-3

Bases on Balls/9IP
1961 NL-2.45-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1959 NL-5.31-9

Games
1958 NL-55-4

Innings
1960 NL-258.7-7

Strikeouts
1959 NL-138-10

Games Started
1959 NL-33-10
1960 NL-36-3

Comp. Games
1960 NL-16-4

Shutouts
1959 NL-3-8
1960 NL-4-3

Home Runs Allow.
1960 NL-27-3
1961 NL-26-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1958 NL-93-4
1959 NL-106-2
1960 NL-101-2

Hits Allowed
1960 NL-253-8

Losses
1959 NL-13-8
1960 NL-20-1
1961 NL-13-7
1962 NL-14-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1959 NL-96-9
1960 NL-114-1

Wild Pitches
1958 NL-7-6
1959 NL-9-2
1960 NL-8-7
1963 NL-9-9

Hit Batsmen
1958 NL-7-4
1959 NL-6-9
1960 NL-9-2
1961 NL-6-5

Batters Faced
1960 NL-1118-2

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 29 (800) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1639) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1325) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1955 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

June 2, 1964: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lew Burdette.

January 2, 1965: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Bob Lipski to the Detroit Tigers for Dick Egan.


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