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Glen Hobbie

Glen Frederick Hobbie

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

Born: April 24, 1936 in Witt, IL
High School: Witt HS (Witt, IL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1957
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals 1957-1964

Final Game: July 25, 1964
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1957 21 CHC NL 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1958 22 CHC NL 55 51 48 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 .146 .160 .146 .306 -18 7 2 0 1 1 0 1
1959 23 CHC NL 46 84 79 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .114 .136 .127 .262 -29 10 0 0 3 0 0 1
1960 24 CHC NL 46 94 86 6 13 1 0 1 6 0 0 6 31 .151 .215 .198 .413 15 17 0 1 1 0 0 1
1961 25 CHC NL 36 74 66 5 11 3 0 2 6 0 0 5 30 .167 .225 .303 .528 39 20 1 0 3 0 0 1
1962 26 CHC NL 42 53 49 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 .122 .173 .122 .296 -20 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1963 27 CHC NL 36 55 50 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27 .080 .115 .080 .195 -44 4 1 0 3 0 0 1
1964 28 TOT NL 21 21 18 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .111 .200 .333 .533 43 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1964 28 CHC NL 8 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 -12 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 28 STL NL 13 14 13 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .462 .615 60 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 Yrs 284 434 398 25 52 6 0 4 16 0 1 21 172 .131 .176 .176 .352 -4 70 4 1 13 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 248 227 14 30 3 0 2 9 0 1 12 98 .131 .176 .176 .352 -4 40 2 1 7 1 0
CHC (8 yrs) 271 420 385 24 50 5 0 3 15 0 1 21 170 .130 .176 .166 .343 -6 64 4 1 12 1 0
STL (1 yr) 13 14 13 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .462 .615 60 6 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1957 21 CHC NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .521 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1958 22 CHC NL 55 51 -8 -0 -0 0 6 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .495 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1959 23 CHC NL 46 84 -13 0 1 0 10 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .494 .498 -0.3 0.0 0 $ 1
1960 24 CHC NL 46 94 -10 -1 1 0 10 0 0.0 3 4 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 4 $ 1
1961 25 CHC NL 36 74 -7 -0 -0 0 9 2 0.1 2 4 0.1 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1962 26 CHC NL 42 53 -8 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $ 1
1963 27 CHC NL 36 55 -10 -1 0 0 6 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .486 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1
1964 28 CHC NL 8 7 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1964 28 STL NL 13 14 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
8 Seasons 284 434 -57 -2 2 0 49 -8 -0.9 15 7 -1.0 .497 .499 -1.0 0.1 7 $
CHC (8 yrs) 271 420 -56 -2 2 0 48 -8 -1.0 14 6 -1.1 .497 .499 -1.1 0.1 6 $
STL (1 yr) 13 14 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1957 21 CHC NL 2 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .268 .000 .330 .000 .414 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1958 22 CHC NL 51 45 1 0.6 105 .304 .146 .269 .160 .336 .146 .420 .306 .756 -18 .023 -8.2 -0.8 .186 .021 .000
1959 23 CHC NL 84 73 2 0.7 103 .184 .114 .268 .136 .334 .127 .415 .262 .748 -29 .033 -14.6 -1.5 .171 .038 .013
1960 24 CHC NL 94 74 4 1.5 98 .222 .151 .261 .215 .326 .198 .400 .413 .727 15 .118 -10.2 -1.0 .329 .116 .047 .0
1961 25 CHC NL 74 59 5 2.3 106 .265 .167 .270 .225 .337 .303 .421 .528 .757 39 .210 -6.0 -0.6 .446 .212 .136 .0
1962 26 CHC NL 53 44 1 0.6 107 .240 .122 .275 .173 .343 .122 .417 .296 .760 -20 .025 -8.6 -0.9 .209 .061 .000
1963 27 CHC NL 55 51 0 0.0 94 .174 .080 .261 .115 .324 .080 .390 .195 .713 -44 .000 -9.6 -1.0 .104 .020 .000
1964 28 TOT NL 21 17 1 1.6 100 .077 .111 .272 .200 .330 .333 .404 .533 .734 43 .149 -1.5 -0.1 .500 .333 .222 .0
1964 28 CHC NL 7 5 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .268 .286 .326 .000 .398 .286 .724 -12 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .400 .400 .000
1964 28 STL NL 14 12 1 2.2 101 .100 .154 .274 .154 .332 .462 .406 .615 .738 60 .249 -0.8 -0.1 .545 .308 .308 .0
8 Yrs 434 365 14 1.0 102 .215 .131 .267 .176 .333 .176 .410 .352 .742 -4 .064 -59.3 -6.0 .259 .095 .045 .0
162 Game Avg. 248 208 8 1.0 102 .215 .131 .267 .176 .333 .176 .410 .352 .742 -4 .064 -59.3 -6.0 .259 .095 .045
CHC (8 yrs) 420 353 13 1.0 102 .221 .130 .267 .176 .333 .166 .410 .343 .742 -6 .059 -58.5 -6.0 .250 .088 .036 .0
STL (1 yr) 14 12 1 2.2 101 .100 .154 .274 .154 .332 .462 .406 .615 .738 60 .249 -0.8 -0.1 .545 .308 .308 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1957 21 CHC NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1958 22 CHC NL 51 0.0% 51.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0% 26.00 1.8 48.0 5.00 45%
1959 23 CHC NL 84 0.0% 35.7% 2.4% 1.2% 11% 15.00 2.6 39.5 1.56 58%
1960 24 CHC NL 94 1.1% 33.0% 6.4% 2.1% 15% 5.17 2.8 86.0 14.3 1.32 57%
1961 25 CHC NL 74 2.7% 40.5% 6.8% 6.8% 46% 6.00 2.2 33.0 11.0 3.00 46%
1962 26 CHC NL 53 0.0% 45.3% 5.7% 0.0% 0% 8.00 2.0 1.38 47%
1963 27 CHC NL 55 0.0% 49.1% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 13.50 1.9 3.00 42%
1964 28 TOT NL 21 4.8% 19.1% 9.5% 9.5% 100% 2.00 4.5 18.0 18.0 0.63 62%
1964 28 CHC NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 28.6% 0.0% 1.00 2.5 0.50 43%
1964 28 STL NL 14 7.1% 14.3% 0.0% 14.3% 100% 6.5 13.0 13.0 0.67 71%
8 Yrs 434 0.9% 39.6% 4.8% 2.3% 19% 8.19 2.3 99.5 24.9 1.82 51%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.0% 8.5% 6.5% 29% 1.65 6.4 38.2 8.5 1.05 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1957 21 CHC NL -0.6 -0.1 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .83 0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.68 0.1 0
1958 22 CHC NL -8.1 -0.8 51 -0.7 0.2 -1.0 .89 -0.7 -0.1 -9.5 -0.9 0.97 -8.1 0
1959 23 CHC NL -14.7 -1.5 85 -1.2 0.6 -1.8 .97 -1.2 -0.1 -15.2 -1.5 1.06 -13.4 0
1960 24 CHC NL -10.3 -1.1 96 -0.8 1.3 -2.1 1.09 -0.9 0.1 -11.6 -1.2 0.99 -10.0 0
1961 25 CHC NL -6.1 -0.6 75 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .93 -0.6 -0.1 -8.2 -0.8 0.98 -7.8 0
1962 26 CHC NL -8.6 -0.9 53 -0.9 0.3 -1.1 .96 -0.8 -0.2 -10.4 -1.0 0.94 -9.0 0
1963 27 CHC NL -9.6 -1.0 56 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 .93 -1.1 0.2 -11.4 -1.2 1.05 -10.4 0
1964 28 TOT NL -1.5 -0.1 22 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 .88 -0.2 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.88 -2.6 0
1964 28 CHC NL -0.7 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .85 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.74 -0.6 0
1964 28 STL NL -0.8 -0.1 15 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .90 -0.2 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 0.95 -2.0 0
8 Yrs -59.6 -6.1 440 -5.4 3.6 -9.0 .97 -5.5 -0.1 -69.3 -7.0 0.99 -61.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 21 CHC NL 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 22 CHC NL 1 0 38% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1959 23 CHC NL 2 0 27% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1960 24 CHC NL 0 0 26% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 31% 10 8 2 0 0 0 3 0 2
1961 25 CHC NL 0 0 21% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1962 26 CHC NL 1 0 44% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 27 CHC NL 0 0 33% 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1964 28 TOT NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 28 CHC NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 28 STL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 5 0 30% 108 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 22% 23 19 4 2 2 0 7 3 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1957 21 CHC NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 22 CHC NL 51 27% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 2 17% 13 1 8% 31 1 3% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1959 23 CHC NL 84 12% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 24 0 0% 23 4 17% 68 2 3% 7 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1960 24 CHC NL 94 34% 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 25% 16 0 0% 17 2 12% 68 5 7% 7 2 29% 2 0 0% 0
1961 25 CHC NL 74 28% 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 3 75% 17 1 6% 18 2 11% 53 5 9% 7 2 29% 0 0 0
1962 26 CHC NL 53 47% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 11 1 9% 27 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1963 27 CHC NL 55 5% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 12 1 8% 14 3 21% 44 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1964 28 TOT NL 21 38% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1964 28 CHC NL 7 57% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1964 28 STL NL 14 29% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 434 26% 52 0 0 0 0 4 0 17 3 1 3 1 0 22 13 59% 90 4 4% 99 14 14% 300 13 4% 31 5 16% 14 3 21% 0
MLB Averages 50% 75% 10% 31% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 21 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 22 57 53 50 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 .140 .154 .140 .294 -21 7 2 0 1 1 0
1959 23 103 137 129 7 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 56 .124 .143 .132 .275 -26 17 2 0 4 1 0
1960 24 149 231 215 13 29 2 0 1 9 0 0 9 87 .135 .173 .158 .331 -9 34 2 1 5 1 0
1961 25 185 305 281 18 40 5 0 3 15 0 0 14 117 .142 .185 .192 .377 2 54 3 1 8 1 0
1962 26 227 358 330 22 46 5 0 3 15 0 0 17 141 .139 .183 .182 .365 -1 60 3 1 9 1 0
1963 27 263 413 380 24 50 5 0 3 15 0 1 19 168 .132 .175 .168 .343 -6 64 4 1 12 1 0
1964 28 284 434 398 25 52 6 0 4 16 0 1 21 172 .131 .176 .176 .352 -4 70 4 1 13 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 21 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1958 22 58 53 50 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 27 .140 .154 .140 .294 1 55
1959 23 48 86 81 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 2 31 .099 .120 .111 .232 1 46
1960 24 48 100 91 7 15 1 0 1 7 0 7 32 .165 .232 .209 .441 4 46
1961 25 38 76 68 5 11 3 0 2 6 0 5 31 .162 .219 .294 .513 4 36
1962 26 42 53 49 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 .122 .173 .122 .296 1 42
1963 27 36 58 52 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 27 .115 .164 .115 .279 1 36
1964 28 21 21 18 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 .111 .200 .333 .533 1 21
8 Yrs 293 449 411 27 55 6 0 4 17 0 23 176 .134 .181 .178 .359 13 284
162 Game Avg. 162 248 227 15 30 3 0 2 9 0 13 97 .134 .181 .178 .359 7 284

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