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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1957 21 CHC NL 0 0 10.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 6 5 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 24 37 2.538 12.5 0.0 10.4 6.2 0.60
1958 22 CHC NL 10 6 .625 3.74 55 16 21 2 1 2 168.1 163 80 70 13 93 8 91 7 0 7 755 105 1.521 8.7 0.7 5.0 4.9 0.98
1959 23 CHC NL 16 13 .552 3.69 46 33 3 10 3 0 234.0 204 105 96 15 106 1 138 6 0 9 991 107 1.325 7.8 0.6 4.1 5.3 1.30
1960 24 CHC NL 16 20 .444 3.97 46 36 5 16 4 1 258.2 253 130 114 27 101 7 134 9 0 8 1118 95 1.369 8.8 0.9 3.5 4.7 1.33
1961 25 CHC NL 7 13 .350 4.26 36 29 4 7 2 2 198.2 207 113 94 26 54 7 103 6 0 4 848 98 1.314 9.4 1.2 2.4 4.7 1.91
1962 26 CHC NL 5 14 .263 5.22 42 23 12 5 0 0 162.0 198 112 94 19 62 8 87 3 1 5 733 79 1.605 11.0 1.1 3.4 4.8 1.40
1963 27 CHC NL 7 10 .412 3.92 36 24 5 4 1 0 165.1 172 80 72 17 49 2 94 6 0 9 701 90 1.337 9.4 0.9 2.7 5.1 1.92
1964 28 TOT NL 1 5 .167 5.65 21 9 4 1 0 1 71.2 80 52 45 8 25 2 32 2 0 0 320 67 1.465 10.0 1.0 3.1 4.0 1.28
1964 28 CHC NL 0 3 .000 7.90 8 4 0 0 0 0 27.1 39 29 24 4 10 1 14 1 0 0 131 47 1.793 12.8 1.3 3.3 4.6 1.40
1964 28 STL NL 1 2 .333 4.26 13 5 4 1 0 1 44.1 41 23 21 4 15 1 18 1 0 0 189 90 1.263 8.3 0.8 3.0 3.7 1.20
8 Seasons 62 81 .434 4.20 284 170 55 45 11 6 1263.0 1283 677 590 125 495 35 682 39 1 43 5490 93 1.408 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.9 1.38
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .434 4.20 43 25 8 7 2 1 189 192 101 88 19 74 5 102 6 0 6 822 93 1.408 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.9 1.38
CHC (8 yrs) 61 79 .436 4.20 271 165 51 44 11 5 1218.2 1242 654 569 121 480 34 664 38 1 43 5301 93 1.413 9.2 0.9 3.5 4.9 1.38
STL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.26 13 5 4 1 0 1 44.1 41 23 21 4 15 1 18 1 0 0 189 90 1.263 8.3 0.8 3.0 3.7 1.20

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 21 CHC NL 2 24 18 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 .333 .458 .444 .903 .375 8 0 0 0 1 0
1958 22 CHC NL 55 756 647 80 163 21 4 13 13 2 93 91 .252 .351 .357 .708 .275 231 25 7 7 2 8
1959 23 CHC NL 46 991 863 105 204 34 6 15 30 2 106 138 .236 .322 .342 .664 .264 295 22 6 11 5 1
1960 24 CHC NL 46 1117 988 130 253 36 12 27 24 13 101 134 .256 .329 .399 .727 .271 394 19 9 12 7 7
1961 25 CHC NL 36 848 772 113 207 24 5 26 8 1 54 103 .268 .318 .413 .731 .278 319 22 6 9 7 7
1962 26 CHC NL 42 733 650 112 198 28 5 19 13 6 62 87 .305 .365 .451 .816 .326 293 14 3 13 5 8
1963 27 CHC NL 36 701 637 80 172 23 6 17 6 9 49 94 .270 .327 .405 .732 .293 258 15 6 6 3 2
1964 28 TOT NL 21 320 290 52 80 12 2 8 2 0 25 32 .276 .336 .414 .750 .287 120 5 2 2 1 2
1964 28 CHC NL 8 131 120 29 39 8 2 4 0 0 10 14 .325 .382 .525 .907 .343 63 1 1 0 0 1
1964 28 STL NL 13 189 170 23 41 4 0 4 2 0 15 18 .241 .305 .335 .640 .248 57 4 1 2 1 1
8 Seasons 284 5490 4865 677 1283 180 40 125 96 33 495 682 .264 .335 .394 .729 .283 1918 122 39 60 31 35
162 Game Avg. 43 822 729 101 192 27 6 19 14 5 74 102 .264 .335 .394 .729 .283 287 18 6 9 5 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1958 22 CHC NL 55 16 4 5 7 2 1 6 10 .375 2 2 2 1 6 38% 45 82 21 32 11 8 2 4.6 5.2 5.6
1959 23 CHC NL 46 33 16 12 5 5 4 17 16 .515 0 6 10 3 17 52% 52 88 20 33 7 19 1 4.7 4.5 6.4
1960 24 CHC NL 46 36 14 17 5 1 4 15 21 .417 2 3 16 4 17 47% 52 85 22 29 11 22 5 4.0 4.0 6.5
1961 25 CHC NL 36 29 6 13 10 1 4 13 16 .448 2 4 7 2 13 45% 49 81 12 21 14 17 4 4.9 4.5 6.5
1962 26 CHC NL 42 23 5 12 6 1 5 8 15 .348 1 4 5 0 10 43% 44 77 16 24 12 8 8 4.1 4.2 5.8
1963 27 CHC NL 36 24 6 10 8 0 1 11 13 .458 2 2 4 1 11 46% 50 86 22 24 8 10 9 3.9 3.5 5.7
1964 28 TOT NL 21 9 1 5 3 0 1 2 7 .222 1 2 1 0 4 44% 48 81 24 15 8 2 3 4.2 2.8 6.0
1964 28 CHC NL 8 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 .000 0 1 0 0 2 50% 45 73 24 8 6 1 2 2.6 2.7 5.5
1964 28 STL NL 13 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 .400 1 1 1 0 2 40% 51 81 31 7 2 1 1 5.5 2.9 6.4
7 Seasons 282 170 52 74 44 10 20 72 98 .424 10 23 45 11 78 46% 49 88 12 178 71 86 32 4.4 4.2 6.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1957 21 CHC NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 0.753 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 6.5
1958 22 CHC NL 55 39 21 6 1 3 2 1 67% 5 1 37 19 51% 8 1.074 10 9 17 6 5 25 19 17 21 8 22 12 6.0
1959 23 CHC NL 46 13 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 1 20% 9 1.107 2 6 5 1 3 9 3 10 7 4 9 5 4.5
1960 24 CHC NL 46 10 5 2 3 3 1 2 33% 3 0 13 5 38% 9 1.157 7 2 1 4 2 4 6 4 7 2 7 2 7.5
1961 25 CHC NL 36 7 4 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 12 6 50% 7 1.101 3 3 1 2 1 4 7 0 3 3 3 2 4.1
1962 26 CHC NL 42 19 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 13 2 15% 7 0.984 5 2 11 1 4 14 7 12 7 4 11 5 4.4
1963 27 CHC NL 36 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 4 27% 3 0.993 3 5 4 1 1 10 8 4 7 2 8 2 7.3
1964 28 TOT NL 21 12 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 4 57% 0.884 1 3 8 3 0 9 5 7 5 2 6 1 4.4
1964 28 CHC NL 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0.811 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 3 0 4.0
1964 28 STL NL 13 8 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 3 60% 9 0.934 1 3 4 3 0 5 3 5 3 1 3 1 4.6
8 Seasons 284 114 55 10 7 10 6 4 60% 14 3 104 42 40% 1.066 32 30 48 18 17 76 56 55 59 25 68 29 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1957 21 CHC NL 24 33% 0.0% 12.5% 20.8% 8.3% 33% 0.43 67% 6 0 0%
1958 22 CHC NL 756 39% 1.7% 12.0% 12.3% 5.0% 23% 1.53 72% 186 25 13%
1959 23 CHC NL 991 42% 1.5% 13.9% 10.7% 5.6% 27% 1.23 72% 162 22 14%
1960 24 CHC NL 1117 48% 2.4% 12.0% 9.0% 6.7% 30% 1.17 75% 203 19 9%
1961 25 CHC NL 848 41% 3.1% 12.2% 6.4% 6.5% 27% 1.48 77% 147 22 15%
1962 26 CHC NL 733 43% 2.6% 11.9% 8.5% 7.1% 26% 1.43 75% 141 14 10%
1963 27 CHC NL 701 43% 2.4% 13.4% 7.0% 6.6% 27% 1.14 75% 148 15 10%
1964 28 TOT NL 320 46% 2.5% 10.0% 7.8% 6.9% 28% 1.21 78% 62 5 8%
1964 28 CHC NL 131 49% 3.1% 10.7% 7.6% 10.7% 36% 0.78 78% 23 1 4%
1964 28 STL NL 189 43% 2.1% 9.5% 7.9% 4.2% 20% 1.56 79% 39 4 10%
8 Seasons 5490 43% 2.3% 12.4% 9.0% 6.3% 27% 1.29 74% 1055 122 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1957 21 CHC NL 24 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 22 CHC NL 733 163 13 1 29 6 7 4 9 50 24 10 48% 18 7 0 313 13 2 87% 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 12 23
1959 23 CHC NL 954 204 15 0 9 9 5 6 8 46 26 7 57% 14 9 4 374 30 2 94% 27 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 24 37
1960 24 CHC NL 1117 253 27 0 18 14 13 15 12 54 29 4 54% 16 8 2 422 24 13 65% 24 12 0 1 0 0 1 0 24 0
1961 25 CHC NL 848 207 26 0 13 17 9 15 11 48 20 7 42% 18 4 4 297 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
1962 26 CHC NL 732 198 19 0 16 7 11 8 10 37 22 3 59% 9 5 1 288 13 6 68% 11 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 16 1
1963 27 CHC NL 701 172 17 0 8 10 7 10 7 32 18 3 56% 12 9 1 268 6 9 40% 6 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1964 28 TOT NL 320 80 8 0 8 5 3 6 2 13 10 2 77% 6 0 2 130 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1964 28 CHC NL 131 39 4 0 3 1 3 3 1 7 6 1 86% 2 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
1964 28 STL NL 189 41 4 0 5 4 0 3 1 6 4 1 67% 4 0 2 77 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 5429 1283 125 1 103 68 55 64 59 283 151 36 53% 93 43 14 2100 96 33 74% 88 29 7 2 1 2 11 0 115 61
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1957 21 0 0 10.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 6 5 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 24 37 2.538 12.5 0.0 10.4 6.2 0.60 37
1958 22 10 6 .625 3.91 57 16 22 2 1 2 172.2 169 85 75 13 98 8 94 7 0 8 779 100 1.546 8.8 0.7 5.1 4.9 0.96 100
1959 23 26 19 .578 3.78 103 49 25 12 4 2 406.2 373 190 171 28 204 9 232 13 0 17 1770 104 1.419 8.3 0.6 4.5 5.1 1.14 104
1960 24 42 39 .519 3.86 149 85 30 28 8 3 665.1 626 320 285 55 305 16 366 22 0 25 2888 100 1.399 8.5 0.7 4.1 5.0 1.20 100
1961 25 49 52 .485 3.95 185 114 34 35 10 5 864.0 833 433 379 81 359 23 469 28 0 29 3736 100 1.380 8.7 0.8 3.7 4.9 1.31 100
1962 26 54 66 .450 4.15 227 137 46 40 10 5 1026.0 1031 545 473 100 421 31 556 31 1 34 4469 96 1.415 9.0 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.32 96
1963 27 61 76 .445 4.12 263 161 51 44 11 5 1191.1 1203 625 545 117 470 33 650 37 1 43 5170 95 1.404 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.38 95
1964 28 62 81 .434 4.20 284 170 55 45 11 6 1263.0 1283 677 590 125 495 35 682 39 1 43 5490 93 1.408 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.9 1.38 93

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1957 21 0 0 9.00 5.0 6 6 5 0 5 3 0 2.200 10.8 9.0 5.4 0.60 0.0 2
1958 22 10 9 .526 3.87 172.0 173 82 74 14 99 93 7 1.581 9.1 5.2 4.9 0.94 0.7 55
1959 23 14 12 .538 3.83 235.0 213 111 100 16 111 139 6 1.379 8.2 4.3 5.3 1.25 0.6 46
1960 24 13 15 .464 4.31 259.0 272 138 124 29 109 134 10 1.471 9.5 3.8 4.7 1.23 1.0 46
1961 25 11 11 .500 4.06 204.0 212 102 92 27 55 106 6 1.309 9.4 2.4 4.7 1.93 1.2 36
1962 26 7 10 .412 4.98 159.0 193 98 88 19 60 85 3 1.591 10.9 3.4 4.8 1.42 1.1 42
1963 27 7 10 .412 4.53 155.0 179 87 78 18 51 88 6 1.484 10.4 3.0 5.1 1.73 1.0 36
1964 28 2 5 .286 6.04 70.0 83 52 47 8 26 31 2 1.557 10.7 3.3 4.0 1.19 1.0 21
8 Seasons 64 72 .471 4.35 1259.0 1331 676 608 131 516 679 40 1.467 9.5 4.9 1.32 0.9 284

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1959 NL--16--8th
1960 NL--16--9th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1958 NL--.625--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 NL--7.846--3rd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL--2.446--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 NL--5.308--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1958 NL--55--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1960 NL--258.7--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 NL--138--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1959 NL--33--10th
1960 NL--36--3rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1960 NL--16--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1959 NL--3--8th
1960 NL--4--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1960 NL--27--3rd
1961 NL--26--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL--93--4th
1959 NL--106--2nd
1960 NL--101--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1960 NL--253--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 NL--.695--4th
1959 NL--.577--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1959 NL--13--8th
1960 NL--20--1st
1961 NL--13--7th
1962 NL--14--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1959 NL--96--9th
1960 NL--114--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1958 NL--7--6th
1959 NL--9--2nd
1960 NL--8--7th
1963 NL--9--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 NL--7--4th
1959 NL--6--9th
1960 NL--9--2nd
1961 NL--6--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1960 NL--1118--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 22 (723), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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