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Butch Hobson
Clell Lavern Hobson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 193 lb.
School University of Alabama

Debut September 7, 1975
  vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 3, 1982
Born August 17, 1951 in Tuscaloosa, AL

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 23 BOS AL   2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   37    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1976 24 BOS AL  76  269   34   63   7  5   8   34   0  1  15  62  .234  .272  .387   82  104   5   3   1   0   8
 1977 25 BOS AL 159  593   77  157  33  5  30  112   5  4  27 162  .265  .300  .489  101  290  10   3   4   4  17 MVP-23
 1978 26 BOS AL 147  512   65  128  26  2  17   80   1  0  50 122  .250  .312  .408   92  209   4   8   3   0  15
 1979 27 BOS AL 146  528   74  138  26  7  28   93   3  2  30  78  .261  .298  .496  106  262   6   6   2   0  23
 1980 28 BOS AL  93  324   35   74   6  0  11   39   1  1  25  69  .228  .281  .349   68  113   0   3   2   0  10
 1981 29 CAL AL  85  268   27   63   7  4   4   36   1  1  35  60  .235  .321  .336   90   90   2   4   0   1   4
 1982 30 NYY AL  30   58    2   10   2  0   0    3   0  0   1  14  .172  .183  .207    8   12   0   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      738 2556  314  634 107 23  98  397  11  9 183 569  .248  .297  .423   91 1081  27  28  12   5  79
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        561   69  139  23  5  22   87   2  2  40 125  .248  .297  .423   91  237   6   6   3   1  17
 Career High    159  593   77  157  33  7  30  112   5  4  50 162  .265  .321  .496  106  290  10   8   4   4  23
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1975 23 BOS AL    4    3    0   0.0   101| .250  .269| .250  .340| .250  .396| .500  .736|  37  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1976 24 BOS AL  292  223   26   3.2    96| .234  .270| .272  .336| .387  .381| .659  .717|  82  .394  -8.2  -0.9   0%
 1977 25 BOS AL  637  470   80   4.6   110| .265  .281| .300  .347| .489  .427| .789  .774| 101  .492  -2.9  -0.3  55%
 1978 26 BOS AL  574  411   65   4.2   103| .250  .274| .312  .341| .408  .404| .720  .746|  92  .490  -6.1  -0.6 100%
 1979 27 BOS AL  570  427   70   4.4   107| .261  .277| .298  .342| .496  .419| .794  .761| 106  .466   0.4   0.0  60%
 1980 28 BOS AL  352  264   30   3.1   104| .228  .276| .281  .339| .349  .409| .630  .749|  68  .322 -15.9  -1.6  50%
 1981 29 CAL AL  310  216   31   3.9    89| .235  .256| .321  .321| .336  .373| .657  .693|  90  .472  -2.8  -0.3  50%
 1982 30 NYY AL   60   51    2   1.0    97| .172  .262| .183  .325| .207  .399| .390  .724|   8  .063  -7.3  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2799 2065  304   4.0   103| .248  .274| .297  .339| .423  .407| .720  .747|  91  .445 -43.1  -4.4  55%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1975 23 BOS AL 3B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 2.80 4.00 3.20 1 9.0 1976 24 BOS AL 3B 76 60 146 14 11 .936 .953 2.71 2.64 2.75 2.94 76 675.0 1977 25 BOS AL 3B 159 128 272 23 27 .946 .957 2.52 2.72 2.55 2.97 159 1410.0 1978 26 BOS AL 3B 133 122 261 43 25 .899 .954 2.88 2.59 2.97 3.00 133 1159.3 DH 14 1979 27 BOS AL 3B 142 110 251 25 17 .935 .953 2.54 2.66 2.67 3.07 141 1218.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1980 28 BOS AL 3B 57 52 109 16 5 .910 .951 2.82 2.59 3.21 3.01 55 451.3 DH 36 1981 29 CAL AL 3B 83 85 139 17 13 .929 .950 2.70 2.52 2.97 2.95 83 678.7 DH 2 1982 30 NYY AL DH 15 1B 11 37 2 2 3 .951 .992 3.55 8.51 8.78 9.86 3 40.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 30 NYY AL 1B 11 37 2 2 3 .951 .992 3.55 8.51 8.78 9.86 3 40.0 1979 27 BOS AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1975 23 BOS AL 3B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 2.80 4.00 3.20 1 9.0 1976 24 BOS AL 3B 76 60 146 14 11 .936 .953 2.71 2.64 2.75 2.94 76 675.0 1977 25 BOS AL 3B 159 128 272 23 27 .946 .957 2.52 2.72 2.55 2.97 159 1410.0 1978 26 BOS AL 3B 133 122 261 43 25 .899 .954 2.88 2.59 2.97 3.00 133 1159.3 1979 27 BOS AL 3B 142 110 251 25 17 .935 .953 2.54 2.66 2.67 3.07 141 1218.0 1980 28 BOS AL 3B 57 52 109 16 5 .910 .951 2.82 2.59 3.21 3.01 55 451.3 1981 29 CAL AL 3B 83 85 139 17 13 .929 .950 2.70 2.52 2.97 2.95 83 678.7 1978 26 BOS AL DH 14 1980 28 BOS AL DH 36 1981 29 CAL AL DH 2 1982 30 NYY AL DH 15
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 651 558 1181 138 98 .926 .954 2.67 2.63 2.79 3.00 648 5601.3 DH 67 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 11 37 2 2 3 .951 .992 3.55 8.51 8.78 9.86 3 40.0 2B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 663 595 1183 140 101 .927 .954 2.68 2.73 2.84 3.04 651 5642
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1977-AL-23-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Games
1977 AL-159-7

Doubles
1977 AL-33-10

Home Runs
1977 AL-30-8
1979 AL-28-10

RBI
1977 AL-112-4

Strikeouts
1977 AL-162-1
1978 AL-122-5

Extra-Base Hits
1977 AL-68-6

Sac. Flies
1978 AL-8-9

Grounded into Double Plays
1979 AL-23-3

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1154) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2276) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1453) (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 

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

December 10, 1980: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Rick Burleson to the California Angels for Carney Lansford, Rick Miller, and Mark Clear.

March 24, 1982: Traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for Bill Castro.


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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