Glen Hobbie
Glen Frederick Hobbie
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 24, 1936 in Witt, IL
High School: Worden (Worden, IL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1957
Final Game: July 25, 1964
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 CHC NL 21 P 2 0 4.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.50 1.000 2.08 0.80
1958 CHC NL 22 P 55 16 168.1 61 12 44 5 5 .918 2.99 1.02 .957 1.97 0.77
1959 CHC NL 23 P 46 33 232.0 62 18 40 4 2 .935 2.25 1.26 .955 1.99 0.82
1960 CHC NL 24 P 46 36 258.2 91 19 67 5 4 .945 2.99 1.87 .963 2.09 0.87
1961 CHC NL 25 P 36 29 198.2 73 16 53 4 1 .945 3.13 1.92 .960 2.18 0.88
1962 CHC NL 26 P 42 23 162.0 39 8 31 0 1 1.000 2.17 0.93 .946 2.07 0.82
1963 CHC NL 27 P 36 24 165.1 39 6 29 4 1 .897 1.91 0.97 .954 2.06 0.84
1964 TOT NL 28 P 21 9 71.2 24 6 18 0 0 1.000 3.01 1.14 .954 2.13 0.84
1964 CHC NL 28 P 8 4 27.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.30 0.88 .957 2.14 0.84
1964 STL NL 28 P 13 5 44.1 17 5 12 0 0 1.000 3.45 1.31 .953 2.13 0.84
8 Seasons P 284 170 1261.0 390 86 282 22 14 .944 2.63 1.30 .957 2.07 0.83
8 Seasons TOT 284 170 1261.0 390 86 282 22 14 .944 2.63 1.30 .901 2.07 0.83

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 CHC NL 21 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 22 55 16 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 23 46 33 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 24 46 36 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHC NL 25 36 29 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 26 42 23 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHC NL 27 36 24 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 28 13 5 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 28 8 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 284 170 284 284 284 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1957 CHC NL 21 25 68% 12% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 22 755 75% 30% 51 90% 4 13 1 7 45 33 5 5 1 1 3 1 5 2 5 0 6 67%
1959 CHC NL 23 1000 76% 27% 46 91% 1 15 0 11 38 31 6 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 10 80%
1960 CHC NL 24 1161 79% 29% 77 94% 1 19 2 14 67 54 4 5 0 3 2 3 3 1 2 1 8 88%
1961 CHC NL 25 866 81% 33% 58 91% 2 14 0 12 53 43 1 4 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 6 100%
1962 CHC NL 26 756 80% 33% 36 86% 0 8 0 4 31 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 71%
1963 CHC NL 27 726 79% 32% 35 86% 0 6 1 4 29 25 1 4 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 6 67%
1964 STL NL 28 192 83% 42% 15 100% 0 6 1 4 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 CHC NL 28 134 81% 22% 7 86% 0 1 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 5615 78% 31% 325 91% 8 83 5 58 282 227 21 22 2 8 12 10 13 7 12 1 44 80%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 80%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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