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Butch Hobson

Clell Lavern Hobson

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: August 17, 1951 in Tuscaloosa, AL
High School: Bessemer HS (Bessemer, AL)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1975
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Angels/Yankees 1975-1982

Final Game: August 3, 1982
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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
1973	21	BOS-min	A	17	39	39		7	2	1	0						.179	.179	.282	.462		11							WSM · CARL
1974	22	BOS-min	A	119	471	423	66	120	18	8	14	74	2	2	39	75	.284	.348	.463	.811		196	11	4	2	3	2		WSM · CARL
1975	23	BOS-min	AA	138	471	471		125	25	3	15						.265	.265	.427	.692		201							BRI · EL
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-min	AAA	90	400	360	56	103	21	1	25	72	1	1	33	81	.286	.341	.558	.899		201		0	1	6			PAW · IL
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	91	90	4	1	2	4	0	*5/D
1982	30	NYY-min	AAA	27	103	83	17	27	5	1	4	20	0	1	18	13	.325	.446	.554	1.000		46		0	2	0	0		CLB · IL
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
1983	31	NYY-min	AAA	112	448	379	68	93	17	4	19	63	2	2	56	76	.245	.338	.462	.800		175		1	4	8	4		CLB · IL
1984	32	NYY-min	AAA	116	441	382	49	96	18	1	13	56	0	1	48	63	.251	.331	.406	.737		155		1	3	7	3		CLB · IL
1985	33	NYY-min	AAA	107	401	347	44	82	9	1	12	56	0	2	47	64	.236	.329	.372	.701		129		3	0	4	1		CLB · IL
8 Yrs				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	91	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

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
1975	23	BOS	AL	2	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/5
1976	24	BOS	AL	76	292	-9	1	-1	-3	2	-11	-1.2	10	-2	-0.3	.484	.492	0.1	-0.2	2	$	5
1977	25	BOS	AL	159	637	-3	-1	-2	-12	3	-15	-1.3	20	5	0.6	.490	.490	1.8	-0.8	18	$40,000	*5	MVP-23
1978	26	BOS	AL	147	574	-4	-0	-2	-12	1	-18	-1.8	19	1	-0.1	.487	.488	1.3	-1.0	13	$	*5D
1979	27	BOS	AL	146	570	3	0	-3	-6	2	-4	-0.2	18	15	1.5	.497	.498	2.1	-0.3	21	$	*5/4
1980	28	BOS	AL	93	352	-16	-1	-1	-2	-3	-22	-2.2	11	-11	-1.2	.475	.486	-1.1	-0.3	-10	$	5D
1981	29	CAL	AL	85	310	-1	-2	0	-17	1	-18	-2.0	9	-9	-1.1	.476	.488	0.8	-1.7	8	$	*5/D
1982	30	NYY	AL	30	60	-5	-1	-0	-1	-2	-10	-1.0	2	-8	-0.8	.466	.494	-0.7	-0.3	-7	$	D3
8 Seasons				738	2799	-36	-3	-10	-53	4	-98	-9.6	89	-8	-1.4	.486	.492	4.3	-4.5	44	$40,000

BOS (6 yrs)				623	2429	-29	-1	-10	-35	5	-70	-6.6	78	8	0.5	.488	.492	4.2	-2.5	43	$40,000
CAL (1 yr)				85	310	-1	-2	0	-17	1	-18	-2.0	9	-9	-1.1	.476	.488	0.8	-1.7	8	$
NYY (1 yr)				30	60	-5	-1	-0	-1	-2	-10	-1.0	2	-8	-0.8	.466	.494	-0.7	-0.3	-7	$

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
1975	23	BOS	AL	4	3	0	0.0	100	.500	.250	.268	.250	.339	.250	.394	.500	.733	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	.493	-2.8	-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	-6.0	-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	88	.284	.235	.255	.321	.319	.336	.371	.657	.690	91	.472	-2.4	-0.2	.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 Yrs				2799	2065	304	4.0	103	.280	.248	.274	.297	.339	.423	.407	.719	.746	91	.445	-42.4	-4.3	.632	.247	.175	19.8
162 Game Avg.				614	453	67	4.0	103	.280	.248	.274	.297	.339	.423	.407	.719	.746	91	.445	-42.4	-4.3	.632	.247	.175	4

BOS (6 yrs)				2429	1798	271	4.0	105	.281	.252	.276	.296	.342	.439	.412	.735	.754	93	.451	-32.8	-3.3	.647	.254	.187	18.1
CAL (1 yr)				310	216	31	3.9	88	.284	.235	.255	.321	.319	.336	.371	.657	.690	91	.473	-2.4	-0.2	.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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				2799	3.5%	20.3%	6.5%	8.2%	36%	3.11	4.5	26.1	6.4	0.80	68%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.51	7.0	46.3	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	23	BOS	AL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.47	-0.0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.62	-0.5		0
1976	24	BOS	AL	-8.2	-0.9	295	-0.4	5.1	-5.5	.98	-0.9	0.5	-13.7	-1.4	0.96	-10.3		0
1977	25	BOS	AL	-2.8	-0.3	649	0.8	12.5	-11.7	1.01	0.3	0.5	9.8	0.9	0.98	3.0		0
1978	26	BOS	AL	-6.0	-0.6	576	2.1	12.0	-10.0	1.05	-0.0	2.0	2.0	0.2	0.98	1.9		0
1979	27	BOS	AL	0.4	0.0	579	-0.3	10.1	-10.4	.99	1.0	-1.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.97	5.5	2.47	4
1980	28	BOS	AL	-15.9	-1.6	356	-1.7	5.1	-6.8	.97	-1.4	-0.3	-20.0	-1.9	0.92	-14.4	1.15	1
1981	29	CAL	AL	-2.8	-0.3	314	0.0	4.6	-4.6	.88	0.3	-0.3	4.0	0.4	0.97	1.8		0
1982	30	NYY	AL	-7.3	-0.7	60	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	1.05	-0.7	-0.1	-9.1	-0.9	1.08	-7.5	1.25	12
8 Yrs				-42.8	-4.4	2833	-0.4	50.1	-50.5	.99	-1.5	1.1	-28.8	-2.9	0.97	-20.5	1.53	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1975	23	BOS	AL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	24	BOS	AL	1	37%	75	0	1	0%	0	1	0	3	8	54%	16	8	8	4	2	2	8	3	5
1977	25	BOS	AL	6	30%	163	5	4	56%	5	4	1	7	16	44%	18	10	7	4	2	2	21	8	10
1978	26	BOS	AL	10	30%	218	1	0	100%	1	0	0	6	6	41%	33	18	11	4	4	0	14	3	10
1979	27	BOS	AL	10	33%	194	3	2	60%	3	2	0	4	7	37%	19	16	3	12	10	2	20	6	14
1980	28	BOS	AL	3	27%	122	1	1	50%	1	1	0	3	4	29%	13	12	0	13	9	4	5	0	5
1981	29	CAL	AL	5	24%	101	1	1	50%	1	1	0	2	5	21%	21	20	0	3	3	0	10	3	7
1982	30	NYY	AL	3	18%	11	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	50%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
8 Yrs				38	30%	888	11	9	55%	11	9	1	27	46	38%	121	85	29	41	31	10	79	23	52

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
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%	11	3	27%	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%	40	20	50%	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%	20	13	65%	0
1979	27	BOS	AL	570	25%	138			4	0	0	1	2.47	28	0	17	17	11	15	13	0	8	6	75%	135	23	17%	80	22	28%	395	69	17%	43	21	49%	28	14	50%	0
1980	28	BOS	AL	352	34%	74			1	1	0	2	1.15	11	0	7	8	3	4	7	0	1	0	0%	68	10	15%	36	11	31%	217	29	13%	22	9	41%	10	5	50%	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%	12	7	58%	0
1982	30	NYY	AL	60	95%	10			12	3	0	0	1.25	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	2	13%	9	2	22%	50	5	10%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0
8 Yrs				2799	28%	634			17	4	0	3	1.53	98	0	81	69	29	49	49	1	32	27	84%	589	79	13%	311	93	30%	1884	315	17%	189	92	49%	122	63	52%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			50%			54%

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
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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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
1975	23	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1976	24	76	295	272	36	65	7	5	8	36	0	15	62	.239	.276	.390	.666	30	76
1977	25	159	628	585	71	149	31	5	28	103	5	26	162	.255	.290	.468	.758	79	159
1978	26	147	574	512	65	128	26	2	17	80	1	50	122	.250	.312	.408	.720	66	147
1979	27	147	568	527	71	135	25	7	27	89	3	29	78	.256	.292	.484	.776	75	146
1980	28	93	352	324	35	74	6	0	11	39	1	25	69	.228	.281	.349	.630	32	93
1981	29	129	484	415	48	105	12	7	7	64	2	58	91	.253	.343	.366	.709	51	85
1982	30	30	59	57	2	9	2	0	0	3	0	1	14	.158	.169	.193	.362	2	30
8 Yrs		783	2964	2696	328	665	109	26	98	414	12	204	600	.247	.298	.415	.713	335	738
162 Game Avg.		162	613	558	68	138	23	5	20	86	2	42	124	.247	.298	.415	.713	69	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1497th)	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 Ink	Batting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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