Butch Hobson
Clell Lavern Hobson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 193 lb.

Born: August 17, 1951 in Tuscaloosa, AL
High School: Bessemer (Bessemer, AL)
School: University of Alabama
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1975
Final Game: August 3, 1982
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Standard Batting

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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
1975 23 BOS AL 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1976 24 BOS AL 76 292 269 34 63 7 5 8 34 0 1 15 62 .234 .272 .387 .658 82 104 8 0 5 3 1 5
1977 25 BOS AL 159 637 593 77 157 33 5 30 112 5 4 27 162 .265 .300 .489 .789 101 290 17 4 10 3 4 *5 MVP-23
1978 26 BOS AL 147 574 512 65 128 26 2 17 80 1 0 50 122 .250 .312 .408 .720 92 209 15 0 4 8 3 *5D
1979 27 BOS AL 146 570 528 74 138 26 7 28 93 3 2 30 78 .261 .298 .496 .794 106 262 23 0 6 6 2 *5/4
1980 28 BOS AL 93 352 324 35 74 6 0 11 39 1 1 25 69 .228 .281 .349 .630 68 113 10 0 0 3 2 5D
1981 29 CAL AL 85 310 268 27 63 7 4 4 36 1 1 35 60 .235 .321 .336 .657 90 90 4 1 2 4 0 *5/D
1982 30 NYY AL 30 60 58 2 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .172 .183 .207 .390 8 12 2 0 0 1 0 D3
8 Seasons 738 2799 2556 314 634 107 23 98 397 11 9 183 569 .248 .297 .423 .719 91 1081 79 5 27 28 12
162 Game Avg. 162 614 561 69 139 23 5 22 87 2 2 40 125 .248 .297 .423 .719 91 237 17 1 6 6 3
BOS (6 yrs) 623 2429 2230 285 561 98 19 94 358 10 8 147 495 .252 .296 .439 .735 93 979 73 4 25 23 12
CAL (1 yr) 85 310 268 27 63 7 4 4 36 1 1 35 60 .235 .321 .336 .657 90 90 4 1 2 4 0
NYY (1 yr) 30 60 58 2 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .172 .183 .207 .390 8 12 2 0 0 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1975 23 BOS AL 4 3 0 0.0 101 .500 .250 .269 .250 .340 .250 .396 .500 .736 37 .000 -0.4 0.0 .333 .000 .000
1976 24 BOS AL 292 223 26 3.2 96 .272 .234 .270 .272 .336 .387 .381 .658 .717 82 .394 -8.2 -0.9 .549 .204 .152 .0
1977 25 BOS AL 637 470 80 4.6 110 .314 .265 .281 .300 .347 .489 .427 .789 .774 101 .492 -2.9 -0.3 .705 .272 .224 8.6
1978 26 BOS AL 574 411 65 4.2 103 .291 .250 .274 .312 .341 .408 .404 .720 .746 92 .490 -6.1 -0.6 .652 .258 .158 1.9
1979 27 BOS AL 570 427 70 4.4 107 .257 .261 .277 .298 .342 .496 .419 .794 .761 106 .466 0.4 0.0 .706 .294 .235 5.4
1980 28 BOS AL 352 264 30 3.1 104 .255 .228 .276 .281 .339 .349 .409 .630 .749 68 .322 -15.9 -1.6 .529 .198 .120 1.8
1981 29 CAL AL 310 216 31 3.9 89 .284 .235 .256 .321 .321 .336 .373 .657 .693 90 .472 -2.8 -0.3 .600 .231 .101 1.6
1982 30 NYY AL 60 51 2 1.0 97 .222 .172 .262 .183 .325 .207 .399 .390 .724 8 .063 -7.3 -0.7 .260 .052 .034
8 Seasons 2799 2065 304 4.0 103 .280 .248 .274 .297 .339 .423 .407 .719 .747 91 .445 -43.1 -4.4 .632 .247 .175 19.8
162 Game Avg. 614 453 67 4.0 103 .280 .248 .274 .297 .339 .423 .407 .719 .747 91 .445 -43.1 -4.4 .632 .247 .175 4
BOS (6 yrs) 2429 1798 271 4.0 105 .281 .252 .276 .296 .342 .439 .412 .735 .754 93 .451 -33.1 -3.4 .647 .254 .187 18.1
CAL (1 yr) 310 216 31 3.9 89 .284 .235 .256 .321 .321 .336 .373 .657 .693 90 .473 -2.8 -0.3 .600 .231 .101 1.6
NYY (1 yr) 60 51 2 1.1 97 .222 .172 .262 .183 .325 .207 .399 .390 .724 8 .063 -7.3 -0.7 .260 .052 .034

Ratio Batting*

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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
1975 23 BOS AL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 0.00 50%
1976 24 BOS AL 292 2.7% 21.2% 5.1% 6.9% 32% 4.13 4.3 33.6 7.9 0.85 69%
1977 25 BOS AL 637 4.7% 25.4% 4.2% 10.7% 43% 6.00 3.7 19.8 5.3 0.86 63%
1978 26 BOS AL 574 3.0% 21.3% 8.7% 7.8% 35% 2.44 4.2 30.1 6.4 0.70 66%
1979 27 BOS AL 570 4.9% 13.7% 5.3% 10.7% 44% 2.60 6.8 18.9 5.7 0.85 75%
1980 28 BOS AL 352 3.1% 19.6% 7.1% 4.8% 23% 2.76 4.7 29.5 8.3 0.68 70%
1981 29 CAL AL 310 1.3% 19.4% 11.3% 4.8% 24% 1.71 4.5 67.0 7.4 0.89 67%
1982 30 NYY AL 60 0.0% 23.3% 1.7% 3.3% 20% 14.00 4.1 19.3 0.94 75%
8 Seasons 2799 3.5% 20.3% 6.5% 8.2% 36% 3.11 4.5 26.1 6.4 0.80 68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1975 23 BOS AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 BOS AL 1 0 37% 75 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 54% 16 8 8 4 2 2 8 3 5
1977 25 BOS AL 6 0 30% 163 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 16 44% 18 10 7 4 2 2 21 8 10
1978 26 BOS AL 10 0 30% 218 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 41% 33 18 11 4 4 0 14 3 10
1979 27 BOS AL 10 0 33% 194 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 37% 19 16 3 12 10 2 20 6 14
1980 28 BOS AL 3 0 27% 122 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 29% 13 12 0 13 9 4 5 0 5
1981 29 CAL AL 5 0 24% 101 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 21% 21 20 0 3 3 0 10 3 7
1982 30 NYY AL 3 0 18% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 38 0 30% 888 11 9 55% 11 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 46 38% 121 85 29 41 31 10 79 23 52
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1975 23 BOS AL 4 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 BOS AL 292 28% 63 0 0 0 0 8 0 12 4 4 5 3 1 6 5 83% 54 8 15% 34 13 38% 175 28 16% 20 11 55% 22 7 32% 0
1977 25 BOS AL 637 23% 157 0 0 0 0 30 0 19 24 6 12 18 0 10 10 100% 138 17 12% 67 20 30% 465 84 18% 41 19 46% 45 22 49% 0
1978 26 BOS AL 574 26% 128 0 0 0 0 17 0 16 12 5 12 5 0 5 4 80% 120 15 13% 59 18 31% 389 67 17% 41 22 54% 31 15 48% 0
1979 27 BOS AL 570 25% 138 4 0 0 1 2.48 28 0 17 17 11 15 13 0 8 6 75% 135 23 17% 80 22 28% 395 69 17% 43 21 49% 39 14 36% 0
1980 28 BOS AL 352 34% 74 1 1 0 1 1.21 11 0 7 8 3 4 7 0 1 0 0% 68 10 15% 36 11 31% 217 29 13% 22 9 41% 20 7 35% 0
1981 29 CAL AL 310 29% 63 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 100% 59 4 7% 26 7 27% 193 33 17% 15 9 60% 13 5 38% 0
1982 30 NYY AL 60 95% 10 9 2 0 0 1.27 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 13% 9 2 22% 50 5 10% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 2799 28% 634 14 3 0 2 1.61 98 0 81 69 29 49 49 1 32 27 84% 589 79 13% 311 93 30% 1884 315 17% 189 92 49% 171 70 41% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1975 23 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 78 296 273 34 64 7 5 8 34 0 1 15 64 .234 .271 .385 .656 82 105 8 0 5 3 1
1977 25 237 933 866 111 221 40 10 38 146 5 5 42 226 .255 .291 .456 .747 95 395 25 4 15 6 5
1978 26 384 1507 1378 176 349 66 12 55 226 6 5 92 348 .253 .299 .438 .737 94 604 40 4 19 14 8
1979 27 530 2077 1906 250 487 92 19 83 319 9 7 122 426 .256 .299 .454 .753 97 866 63 4 25 20 10
1980 28 623 2429 2230 285 561 98 19 94 358 10 8 147 495 .252 .296 .439 .735 93 979 73 4 25 23 12
1981 29 708 2739 2498 312 624 105 23 98 394 11 9 182 555 .250 .299 .428 .727 93 1069 77 5 27 27 12
1982 30 738 2799 2556 314 634 107 23 98 397 11 9 183 569 .248 .297 .423 .719 91 1081 79 5 27 28 12

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 23 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1976 24 76 286 268 35 61 7 5 8 35 0 15 62 .228 .266 .381 .646 27 76
1977 25 159 612 580 71 144 30 5 28 103 5 25 162 .248 .283 .462 .745 74 159
1978 26 147 569 511 65 127 26 2 17 80 1 50 122 .249 .311 .407 .718 65 147
1979 27 147 550 517 71 125 24 6 25 89 3 27 78 .242 .276 .456 .733 66 146
1980 28 93 348 321 35 71 6 0 11 39 1 24 69 .221 .273 .343 .616 30 93
1981 29 129 486 418 47 108 12 7 7 63 2 60 91 .258 .350 .371 .721 55 85
1982 30 30 59 57 2 9 2 0 0 3 0 1 14 .158 .169 .193 .362 2 30
8 Seasons 783 2914 2676 326 645 107 25 96 412 12 202 600 .241 .293 .407 .700 319 738
162 Game Avg. 162 603 554 67 133 22 5 20 85 2 42 124 .241 .293 .407 .700 66 738

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-AL-23-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Games Played s c a p y
1977 AL--159--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1977 AL--33--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL--30--8th
1979 AL--28--10th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1977 AL--112--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1977 AL--162--1st
1978 AL--122--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1977 AL--68--6th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1978 AL--8--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 AL--23--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1024), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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