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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 (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
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Angels/Yankees 1975-1982

Final Game: August 3, 1982
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:11AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 23 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /5
1976 24 BOS AL 292 -8 1 -1 -1 -3 2 10 0 -0.2 3 0.3 -0.5 $ 5
1977 25 BOS AL 637 -7 -1 -1 -2 -12 4 21 2 0.2 14 1.4 -1.2 $40,000 *5 MVP-23
1978 26 BOS AL 574 -4 -1 3 -3 -12 2 19 4 0.3 16 1.7 -1.4 $ *5D
1979 27 BOS AL 570 -2 0 3 -3 -6 4 19 15 1.5 21 2.1 -0.6 $ *5/4
1980 28 BOS AL 352 -16 -1 0 -1 -2 -3 11 -12 -1.3 -10 -1.0 -0.3 $ 5D
1981 29 CAL AL 310 -2 -2 1 0 -17 0 10 -10 -1.1 7 0.8 -1.9 $ *5/D
1982 30 NYY AL 60 -7 -1 1 0 -1 -2 2 -8 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ D3
8 Seasons 2799 -46 -5 6 -10 -53 7 92 -8 -1.3 44 4.6 -5.9 $40,000
BOS (6 yrs) 2429 -37 -2 4 -10 -35 9 80 10 0.6 44 4.5 -3.9 $40,000
CAL (1 yr) 310 -2 -2 1 0 -17 0 10 -10 -1.1 7 0.8 -1.9 $
NYY (1 yr) 60 -7 -1 1 0 -1 -2 2 -8 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 BOS AL 23 3B 1 1 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0 67 4.00 4.00 .955 3.20 3.20
1976 BOS AL 24 3B 76 76 73 675.0 220 60 146 14 11 .936 -3 -6 2.75 2.71 .953 2.94 2.95
1977 BOS AL 25 3B 159 159 159 1410.0 423 128 272 23 27 .946 -12 -11 2.55 2.52 .957 2.97 2.96 MVP-23
1978 BOS AL 26 3B 133 133 116 1159.1 426 122 261 43 25 .899 -12 -12 2.97 2.88 .954 3.00 2.98
1978 BOS AL 26 DH 14 14
1979 BOS AL 27 3B 142 141 127 1218.0 386 110 251 25 17 .935 -6 -6 2.67 2.54 .953 3.07 3.03
1979 BOS AL 27 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.40
1980 BOS AL 28 3B 57 55 37 451.1 177 52 109 16 5 .910 -2 -4 3.21 2.82 .951 3.01 3.00
1980 BOS AL 28 DH 35 35
1981 CAL AL 29 3B 83 83 55 678.2 241 85 139 17 13 .929 -17 -29 2.97 2.70 .950 2.95 2.94
1981 CAL AL 29 DH 2 2
1982 NYY AL 30 DH 12 12
1982 NYY AL 30 1B 11 3 2 40.0 41 37 2 2 3 .951 -1 -33 8.78 3.55 .992 9.85 9.81
7 Seasons 3B 651 648 568 5601.1 1877 558 1181 138 98 .926 -52 -11 2.79 2.67 .954 3.00 2.98
1 Season 1B 11 3 2 40.0 41 37 2 2 3 .951 -1 -33 8.78 3.55 .992 9.85 9.81
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.40
8 Seasons TOT 663 651 570 5642.1 1918 595 1183 140 101 .927 -53 -11 2.84 2.68 .954 3.04 3.10
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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 (1498th)

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)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1978 AL  43 (1st)
1981 AL  17 (2nd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1977 AL  159 (1st)
1978 AL  133 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1977 AL  128 (3rd)
1978 AL  122 (3rd)
1979 AL  110 (5th)
1981 AL  85 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1977 AL  23 (2nd)
1978 AL  43 (1st)
1979 AL  25 (2nd)
1981 AL  17 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
Career  2.79 (44th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1179), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Kevin Kouzmanoff (951)
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  5. Ray Jablonski (945)
  6. Eric Soderholm (937)
  7. Robert Fick (927)
  8. Sean Berry (926)
  9. Mike Shannon (924)
  10. Jerry Martin (923)
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  1. Joe Crede (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Crede (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Crede (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Sprague (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doug DeCinces (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Eric Soderholm (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197725Boston Red Sox$40,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
Career to date (may be incomplete)$40,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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