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Dick Hoblitzel
Richard Carleton Hoblitzel (Doc)
born Richard Carleton Hoblitzell

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 172 lb.
School University of Pittsburgh

Debut September 5, 1908
Final Game June 7, 1918
Born October 26, 1888 in Waverly, WV
Died November 14, 1962 in Parkersburg, WV

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 19 CIN NL  32  114    8   29   3  2   0    8   2      7      .254  .309  .316  102   36   3           2    
 1909 20 CIN NL 142  517   59  159  23 11   4   67  17     44      .308  .364  .418  144  216  29           2    
 1910 21 CIN NL 155  611   85  170  24 13   4   70  28     47  32  .278  .332  .380  111  232  18           2    
 1911 22 CIN NL 158  622   81  180  19 13  11   91  32     42  44  .289  .342  .415  114  258  22           8     MVP-22
 1912 23 CIN NL 148  558   73  164  32 12   2   85  23     48  28  .294  .352  .405  109  226  26           2    
 1913 24 CIN NL 137  502   59  143  23  7   3   62  18     35  26  .285  .334  .376  103  189  19           2    
 1914 25 TOT    147  477   62  125  18 10   0   59  19 12  45  47  .262  .335  .342  101  163  27           7    
         CIN NL  78  248   31   52   8  7   0   26   7     26  26  .210  .287  .298   72   74  20           1    
         BOS AL  69  229   31   73  10  3   0   33  12 12  19  21  .319  .386  .389  133   89   7           6    
 1915 26 BOS AL 124  399   54  113  15 12   2   61   9 14  38  26  .283  .351  .396  127  158  28           4    
 1916 27 BOS AL 130  417   57  108  17  1   0   39  10     47  28  .259  .338  .305   92  127  21           3    
 1917 28 BOS AL 120  420   49  108  19  7   1   47  12     46  22  .257  .336  .343  108  144  22           4    
 1918 29 BOS AL  25   69    4   11   1  0   0    4   3      8   3  .159  .266  .174   34   12   4           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1318 4706  591 1310 194 88  27  593 173 26 407 256  .278  .341  .374  111 1761 219   0   0  38   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   73  161  24 11   3   73  21  3  50  31  .278  .341  .374  111  216  27   0   0   5   0
 Career High    158  622   85  180  32 13  11   91  32 14  48  47  .308  .364  .418  144  258  29   0   0   8   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 19 CIN NL  126   88   11   3.4    69| .254  .243| .309  .305| .316  .314| .625  .618| 102  .555   0.1   0.0     
 1909 20 CIN NL  592  387   78   5.4    76| .308  .251| .364  .319| .418  .323| .782  .642| 144  .721  25.0   2.9     
 1910 21 CIN NL  678  459   77   4.5    85| .278  .258| .332  .332| .380  .342| .712  .674| 111  .592   6.0   0.7     
 1911 22 CIN NL  694  464   86   5.0    93| .289  .264| .342  .341| .415  .365| .757  .706| 114  .599   8.4   0.9     
 1912 23 CIN NL  634  420   79   5.0    97| .294  .277| .352  .346| .405  .376| .757  .722| 109  .575   6.8   0.7     
 1913 24 CIN NL  558  378   63   4.5    91| .285  .270| .334  .334| .376  .367| .710  .701| 103  .566   1.1   0.1     
 1914 25 TOT     556  391   52   3.6    84| .262  .259| .335  .330| .342  .344| .677  .674| 101  .521   0.5   0.1  61%
         CIN NL  295  216   21   2.6    86| .210  .262| .287  .331| .298  .351| .585  .681|  72  .366  -9.2  -1.0     
         BOS AL  261  175   31   4.7    82| .319  .256| .386  .330| .389  .336| .775  .665| 133  .664   9.7   1.1  50%
 1915 26 BOS AL  469  328   51   4.2    81| .283  .252| .351  .329| .396  .331| .747  .660| 127  .588  11.6   1.3  39%
 1916 27 BOS AL  488  330   42   3.4    83| .259  .258| .338  .332| .305  .337| .643  .669|  92  .500  -2.4  -0.3     
 1917 28 BOS AL  492  334   48   3.9    79| .257  .254| .336  .324| .343  .328| .679  .653| 108  .563   4.6   0.5     
 1918 29 BOS AL   83   62    3   1.3    80| .159  .258| .266  .329| .174  .329| .440  .658|  34  .144  -5.2  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5370 3641  590   4.4    86| .278  .260| .341  .332| .374  .346| .715  .678| 111  .582  56.4   6.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1908 19 CIN NL 1B 32 313 24 5 11 .985 .986 10.53 10.67 1909 20 CIN NL 1B 142 1444 74 28 80 .982 .985 10.69 7.04 1910 21 CIN NL 1B 148 1454 67 24 64 .984 .984 10.28 6.76 2B 7 7 16 0 2 1.000 .950 3.29 5.06 1911 22 CIN NL 1B 158 1442 91 16 81 .990 .985 9.70 6.33 1912 23 CIN NL 1B 147 1326 87 21 73 .985 .988 9.61 6.80 1913 24 CIN NL 1B 134 1373 60 17 76 .988 .986 10.69 7.46 1914 25 TOT 1B 143 1429 61 24 65 .984 .987 10.42 10.12 CIN NL 1B 75 802 31 10 43 .988 .988 11.11 10.10 BOS AL 1B 68 627 30 14 22 .979 .985 9.66 10.14 1915 26 BOS AL 1B 117 1095 63 15 51 .987 .987 9.90 8.55 1916 27 BOS AL 1B 126 1225 67 15 64 .989 .988 10.25 7.94 1917 28 BOS AL 1B 118 1274 52 14 58 .990 .989 11.24 8.47 1918 29 BOS AL 1B 19 209 15 1 18 .996 .986 11.79 10.89
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1908 19 CIN NL 1B 32 313 24 5 11 .985 .986 10.53 10.67 1909 20 CIN NL 1B 142 1444 74 28 80 .982 .985 10.69 7.04 1910 21 CIN NL 1B 148 1454 67 24 64 .984 .984 10.28 6.76 1911 22 CIN NL 1B 158 1442 91 16 81 .990 .985 9.70 6.33 1912 23 CIN NL 1B 147 1326 87 21 73 .985 .988 9.61 6.80 1913 24 CIN NL 1B 134 1373 60 17 76 .988 .986 10.69 7.46 1914 25 TOT 1B 143 1429 61 24 65 .984 .987 10.42 10.12 CIN NL 1B 75 802 31 10 43 .988 .988 11.11 10.10 BOS AL 1B 68 627 30 14 22 .979 .985 9.66 10.14 1915 26 BOS AL 1B 117 1095 63 15 51 .987 .987 9.90 8.55 1916 27 BOS AL 1B 126 1225 67 15 64 .989 .988 10.25 7.94 1917 28 BOS AL 1B 118 1274 52 14 58 .990 .989 11.24 8.47 1918 29 BOS AL 1B 19 209 15 1 18 .996 .986 11.79 10.89 1910 21 CIN NL 2B 7 7 16 0 2 1.000 .950 3.29 5.06
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 1284 12584 661 180 641 .987 .986 10.32 7.78 2B 7 7 16 0 2 1.000 .950 3.29 5.06 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1291 12591 677 180 643 .987 .986 10.28 7.77
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1915   WS    BOS PHI     W   5  16   1   5  0  0  0   1   0   1  .313  .294  .313   1  1   0   1   0 
 1916   WS    BOS BRO     W   5  17   3   4  1  1  0   2   6   0  .235  .435  .412   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0  10  33   4   9  1  1  0   3   6   1  .273  .375  .364   1  1   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-22-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Batting Average
1909 NL-.308-3

On-base %
1909 NL-.364-10

Slugging %
1909 NL-.418-4

OPS
1909 NL-.782-3

Games
1910 NL-155-3
1911 NL-158-1
1912 NL-148-5

At Bats
1910 NL-611-1
1911 NL-622-1
1912 NL-558-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1910 NL-678-4
1911 NL-694-3
1912 NL-634-8

Hits
1909 NL-159-7
1910 NL-170-5
1911 NL-180-2

Total Bases
1909 NL-216-6
1910 NL-232-9
1911 NL-258-4

Doubles
1912 NL-32-6

Triples
1909 NL-11-8
1910 NL-13-10
1911 NL-13-8
1912 NL-12-10

Home Runs
1909 NL-4-6
1911 NL-11-7

RBI
1909 NL-67-8
1910 NL-70-10
1911 NL-91-5
1912 NL-85-8

Singles
1910 NL-129-3
1911 NL-137-3

Adjusted OPS+
1909 NL-144-3

Runs Created
1909 NL-78-5
1911 NL-86-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1909 NL-25-5

Batting Wins
1909 NL-2.9-5

Extra-Base Hits
1909 NL-38-8

Offensive Win%
1909 NL-.721-4

Hit By Pitch
1911 NL-8-6

Sac. Hits
1909 NL-29-8
1912 NL-26-6
1913 NL-19-10
1915 AL-28-9
Car-219-63

Power/Speed Number
1911 NL-16.4-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1910 NL-19.1-9
1912 NL-19.9-9
1913 NL-19.3-6

At Bats per Home Run
1909 NL-129.3-10
1911 NL-56.5-8

Outs
1910 NL-459-1
1911 NL-464-1
1912 NL-420-9

Youngest Player
1908 NL-19-3

   

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 52 (476) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.1 (2080) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.5 (1565) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 16, 1914: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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