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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 BOS AL 23 3B 1 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 4.00 4.00 .950 3.20 2.80
1976 BOS AL 24 3B 76 76 675.0 220 60 146 14 11 .936 -3.4 -6.0 -3.4 -2.8 -0.6 0 2.75 2.71 .954 2.94 2.64
1977 BOS AL 25 3B 159 159 1410.0 423 128 272 23 27 .946 -12.4 -10.6 -13.4 -6.2 -7.2 1 2.55 2.52 .957 2.97 2.72 MVP-23
1978 BOS AL 26 3B 133 133 1159.1 426 122 261 43 25 .899 -12.0 -12.4 -12.0 -9.0 -3.1 0 2.97 2.88 .957 3.00 2.59
1978 BOS AL 26 DH 14
1979 BOS AL 27 3B 142 141 1218.0 386 110 251 25 17 .935 -6.2 -6.1 -5.2 -0.8 -4.5 -1 2.67 2.54 .954 3.07 2.66
1979 BOS AL 27 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1980 BOS AL 28 3B 57 55 451.1 177 52 109 16 5 .910 -1.5 -4.0 -1.5 -1.3 -0.2 0 3.21 2.82 .953 3.01 2.59
1980 BOS AL 28 DH 36
1981 CAL AL 29 3B 83 83 678.2 241 85 139 17 13 .929 -16.6 -29.4 -15.6 -5.2 -10.5 -1 2.97 2.70 .951 2.95 2.52
1981 CAL AL 29 DH 2
1982 NYY AL 30 DH 15
1982 NYY AL 30 1B 11 3 40.0 41 37 2 2 3 .951 -1.1 -33.0 -1.1 -0.1 -1.0 0 8.78 3.55 .993 9.85 8.51
7 Seasons 3B 651 648 5601.1 1877 558 1181 138 98 .926 -51.6 -11.1 -50.6 -25.3 -25.6 -1 2.79 2.67 .955 3.00 2.63
4 Seasons DH 67
1 Season 1B 11 3 40.0 41 37 2 2 3 .951 -1.1 -33.0 -1.1 -0.1 -1.0 0 8.78 3.55 .993 9.85 8.51
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
8 Seasons TOT 663 651 5642.1 1918 595 1183 140 101 .927 -52.9 -11.3 -51.9 -25.6 -26.6 -1 2.84 2.68 .883 3.04 2.73

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
1975 BOS AL 23 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 BOS AL 24 76 76 76 76 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BOS AL 25 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BOS AL 26 147 147 147 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
1979 BOS AL 27 146 141 146 142 0 0 0 1 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1980 BOS AL 28 93 90 93 57 0 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 35 3 0
1981 CAL AL 29 85 85 85 83 0 0 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1982 NYY AL 30 30 15 30 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14 1
8 Seasons 738 714 738 662 0 0 11 1 651 0 0 0 0 0 63 21 2
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 -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 BOS AL 23 46 26% 87% 33% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BOS AL 24 2883 57% 82% 28% 224 90% 5 64 56 2 6 146 130 13 2 4 14 0 8 6 8 11 9 1 10 1 1 0 4 100%
1977 BOS AL 25 6162 51% 81% 27% 421 89% 9 127 105 10 12 273 224 33 5 9 23 0 16 7 19 27 18 3 24 3 1 2 10 70%
1978 BOS AL 26 5120 52% 82% 27% 408 84% 10 121 75 28 18 260 215 37 4 9 43 0 21 22 34 25 14 5 22 3 1 2 17 41%
1979 BOS AL 27 5384 49% 81% 28% 370 88% 7 109 73 18 17 252 200 37 3 6 25 1 14 10 17 17 10 3 13 4 2 2 14 79%
1980 BOS AL 28 2053 46% 80% 27% 175 84% 3 52 37 6 9 109 92 12 2 4 16 1 9 6 11 5 3 1 4 0 0 0 7 71%
1981 CAL AL 29 2989 55% 82% 29% 244 82% 1 83 60 9 14 138 116 17 1 6 18 1 14 3 15 13 7 0 8 3 3 0 15 60%
7 Seasons 24637 52% 81% 27% 1846 87% 35 557 407 73 76 1181 980 149 17 38 139 3 82 54 104 98 61 13 81 14 8 6 67 64%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1982 NYY AL 30 193 67% 74% 21% 8 88% 0 37 2 33 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1 Season 193 67% 74% 21% 8 88% 0 37 2 33 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1979 BOS AL 27 5 40% 100% 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 0 0 0
1 Season 5 40% 100% 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 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94%

* 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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