Ken Hubbs
Kenneth Douglass Hubbs
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 23, 1941 in Riverside, CA
High School: Colton (Colton, CA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1961
Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: February 13, 1964 in Provo, UT
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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
1961 19 CHC NL 10 28 28 4 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 .179 .179 .393 .571 46 11 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1962 20 CHC NL 160 715 661 90 172 24 9 5 49 3 7 35 129 .260 .299 .346 .646 70 229 20 3 13 3 0 *4 RoY-1,GG
1963 21 CHC NL 154 614 566 54 133 19 3 8 47 8 9 39 93 .235 .285 .322 .606 71 182 17 2 3 4 2 *4
3 Seasons 324 1357 1255 148 310 44 13 14 98 11 16 74 230 .247 .290 .336 .626 70 422 37 5 16 7 2
162 Game Avg. 162 679 628 74 155 22 7 7 49 6 8 37 115 .247 .290 .336 .626 70 211 19 3 8 4 1

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
1961 19 CHC NL 28 23 2 2.3 106 .211 .179 .271 .179 .338 .393 .422 .571 .760 46 .218 -2.4 -0.2 .478 .214 .214 .0
1962 20 CHC NL 715 532 64 3.2 106 .315 .260 .275 .299 .342 .346 .417 .646 .759 70 .346 -29.9 -3.0 .510 .133 .086 3.8
1963 21 CHC NL 614 466 48 2.8 94 .267 .235 .261 .285 .323 .322 .390 .606 .713 71 .347 -22.5 -2.4 .484 .154 .087 8.0
3 Seasons 1357 1021 114 3.0 101 .291 .247 .268 .290 .334 .336 .405 .626 .738 70 .344 -54.9 -5.6 .497 .144 .089 12.3
162 Game Avg. 679 511 57 3.0 101 .291 .247 .268 .290 .334 .336 .405 .626 .738 70 .344 -54.9 -5.6 .497 .144 .089 6

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
1961 19 CHC NL 28 3.6% 28.6% 0.0% 10.7% 60% 3.5 28.0 14.0 0.78 68%
1962 20 CHC NL 715 0.7% 18.0% 4.9% 5.3% 22% 3.69 5.1 132.2 13.5 2.14 74%
1963 21 CHC NL 614 1.3% 15.2% 6.4% 4.9% 23% 2.38 6.1 70.8 12.0 1.49 76%
3 Seasons 1357 1.0% 17.0% 5.5% 5.2% 23% 3.11 5.5 89.6 12.8 1.75 75%
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
1961 19 CHC NL 0 0 75% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1962 20 CHC NL 13 0 42% 312 3 7 30% 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 51% 50 29 21 8 4 3 16 1 14
1963 21 CHC NL 10 0 28% 215 8 9 47% 8 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 17 50% 36 19 16 4 2 2 12 4 8
3 Seasons 23 0 36% 536 11 16 41% 11 15 0 1 0 0 2 0 8 35 51% 87 49 37 12 6 5 29 5 23
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
1961 19 CHC NL 28 32% 5 2 0 0 0 0.19 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1962 20 CHC NL 699 38% 172 1 0 0 0 0.23 5 0 8 4 1 4 1 0 14 13 93% 140 20 14% 76 26 34% 370 42 11% 19 10 53% 33 14 42% 17
1963 21 CHC NL 614 26% 133 2 1 0 0 2.24 8 0 9 6 2 5 3 0 4 3 75% 87 17 20% 55 18 33% 330 45 14% 25 17 68% 47 21 45% 0
3 Seasons 1341 32% 310 5 1 0 0 1.02 14 0 17 10 4 10 4 0 18 16 89% 230 37 16% 133 44 33% 708 88 12% 45 27 60% 81 35 43% 17
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
1961 19 10 28 28 4 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 .179 .179 .393 .571 46 11 0 0 0 0 0
1962 20 170 743 689 94 177 25 10 6 51 3 7 35 137 .257 .295 .348 .643 70 240 20 3 13 3 0
1963 21 324 1357 1255 148 310 44 13 14 98 11 16 74 230 .247 .290 .336 .626 70 422 37 5 16 7 2

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
1961 19 10 29 29 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 10
1962 20 160 688 649 85 160 22 8 5 46 3 33 129 .247 .285 .328 .613 60 160
1963 21 154 614 568 59 135 19 3 8 52 8 40 93 .238 .288 .324 .612 53 154
3 Seasons 324 1331 1246 148 295 41 11 13 100 11 73 230 .237 .280 .319 .599 115 324
162 Game Avg. 162 666 623 74 148 21 6 7 50 6 37 115 .237 .280 .319 .599 58 324

* 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

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1962-NL-Rookie of the Year

Gold Gloves
1962-NL-2B

Games Played s c a p y
1962 NL--160--10th

At Bats s c a p y
1962 NL--661--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1962 NL--715--3rd

Triples s c a p y
1962 NL--9--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1962 NL--129--1st

Singles s c a p y
1962 NL--134--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1962 NL--13--2nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1962 NL--20--1st
1963 NL--17--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1963 NL--9--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1962 NL--532--1st
1963 NL--466--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1961 NL--born 1941-12-23--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Domingo Cedeno (974)
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  8. Steve Dillard (973)
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