Butch Hobson

Full Name: Clell Lavern Hobson	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/193	First Game: September 7, 1975
Birthdate: August 17, 1951	Final Game: August 3, 1982
Birthplace: Tuscaloosa, Alabama	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Butch Hobson (Clell Lavern Hobson) was born on August 17, 1951 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on September 7, 1975 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1976, his rookie year, he hit .234 with 8 home runs and 34 RBI. Hobson played for the Boston Red Sox, California Angels and New York Yankees over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Butch Hobson's best season was 1977, when he slugged 30 home runs and knocked in 112 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1975	BOS	A	2	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1976	BOS	A	76	269	34	63	8	34	.234	.272	.387	7	5	15	62	0	5	0	1	8
1977	BOS	A	159	593	77	157	30	112	.265	.300	.489	33	5	27	162	4	10	5	4	17
1978	BOS	A	147	512	65	128	17	80	.250	.312	.408	26	2	50	122	0	4	1	3	15
1979	BOS	A	146	528	74	138	28	93	.261	.298	.496	26	7	30	78	0	6	3	2	23
1980	BOS	A	93	324	35	74	11	39	.228	.281	.349	6	0	25	69	0	0	1	2	10
1981	CAL	A	85	268	27	63	4	36	.235	.321	.336	7	4	35	60	1	2	1	0	4
1982	NY	A	30	58	2	10	0	3	.172	.183	.207	2	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	2
Total			738	2556	314	634	98	397	.248	.297	.423	107	23	183	569	5	27	11	12	79

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1975	BOS	A	3B	1	1	9	1	3	0	0	0	1.000
1976	BOS	A	3B	76	76	675	60	146	14	11	0	.936
1977	BOS	A	3B	159	159	1410	128	272	23	27	0	.946
1978	BOS	A	3B	133	133	1159.1	122	261	43	25	0	.899
1978	BOS	A	DH	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	BOS	A	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	BOS	A	3B	142	141	1218	110	251	25	17	1	.935
1980	BOS	A	3B	57	55	451.1	52	109	16	5	0	.910
1980	BOS	A	DH	36	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	CAL	A	3B	83	83	678.2	85	139	17	13	0	.929
1981	CAL	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	NY	A	1B	11	3	40	37	2	2	3	0	.951
1982	NY	A	DH	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	651	648	5601.1	558	1181	138	98	1	.926
Total			1B	11	3	40	37	2	2	3	0	.951
Total			DH	67	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000

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Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1973).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Rick Burleson to California Angels in exchange for Carney Lansford, Rick Miller and Mark Clear (December 10, 1980).
Traded by California Angels to New York Yankees in exchange for Bill Castro (March 24, 1982).

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