Glen Hobbie

Full Name: Glen Frederick Hobbie	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: September 20, 1957
Birthdate: April 24, 1936	Final Game: July 25, 1964
Birthplace: Witt, Illinois	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on April 24, 1936 in Witt, Illinois, Glen Hobbie (Glen Frederick Hobbie) played for the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 8 year career. Hobbie broke into the bigs on September 20, 1957 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.74 ERA in 168.1 innings pitched in 1958, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Glen Hobbie's best season was 1959, when he posted a 3.69 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 138 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1957	CHI	N	2	0	0	0	1.38	3	5	5	0	0	0	4.1	6	0	5	0	1	0
1958	CHI	N	55	16	10	6	3.74	91	80	70	2	1	2	168.1	163	13	93	8	7	7
1959	CHI	N	46	33	16	13	3.69	138	105	96	10	3	0	234	204	15	106	1	9	6
1960	CHI	N	46	36	16	20	3.97	134	130	114	16	4	1	258.2	253	27	101	7	8	9
1961	CHI	N	36	29	7	13	4.26	103	113	94	7	2	2	198.2	207	26	54	7	4	6
1962	CHI	N	42	23	5	14	5.22	87	112	94	5	0	0	162	198	19	62	8	5	3
1963	CHI	N	36	24	7	10	3.92	94	80	72	4	1	0	165.1	172	17	49	2	9	6
1964	STL	N	13	5	1	2	4.26	18	23	21	1	0	1	44.1	41	4	15	1	0	1
1964	CHI	N	8	4	0	3	7.90	14	29	24	0	0	0	27.1	39	4	10	1	0	1
1964	TOT	N	21	9	1	5	5.65	32	52	45	1	0	1	71.2	80	8	25	2	0	2
Total			284	170	62	81	4.20	682	677	590	45	11	6	1263	1283	125	495	35	43	39

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1957	CHI	N	P	2	0	4.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	CHI	N	P	55	16	168.1	12	44	5	5	0	13	2	0	.918
1959	CHI	N	P	46	33	232	18	40	4	2	4	30	2	0	.935
1960	CHI	N	P	46	36	258.2	19	67	5	4	2	24	13	0	.945
1961	CHI	N	P	36	29	198.2	16	53	4	1	4	8	1	0	.945
1962	CHI	N	P	42	23	162	8	31	0	1	1	13	6	1	1.000
1963	CHI	N	P	36	24	165.1	6	29	4	1	1	6	9	0	.897
1964	STL	N	P	13	5	44.1	5	12	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.000
1964	CHI	N	P	8	4	27.1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	TOT	N	P	21	9	71.2	6	18	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	284	170	1261	86	282	22	14	14	96	33	1	.944

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1957	CHI	N	2	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	CHI	N	55	48	3	7	0	1	.146	.160	.146	0	1	26	0	1	2
1959	CHI	N	46	79	3	9	0	2	.114	.136	.127	1	2	30	0	3	0
1960	CHI	N	46	86	6	13	1	6	.151	.215	.198	1	6	31	1	1	0
1961	CHI	N	36	66	5	11	2	6	.167	.225	.303	3	5	30	0	3	1
1962	CHI	N	42	49	4	6	0	0	.122	.173	.122	0	3	24	0	1	0
1963	CHI	N	36	50	2	4	0	0	.080	.115	.080	0	2	27	0	3	1
1964	STL	N	13	13	1	2	1	1	.154	.154	.462	1	0	2	0	1	0
1964	CHI	N	8	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.286	.000	0	2	2	0	0	0
1964	TOT	N	21	18	1	2	1	1	.111	.200	.333	1	2	4	0	1	0
Total			284	398	25	52	4	16	.131	.176	.176	6	21	172	1	13	4

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (1955).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Lew Burdette (June 2, 1964).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Bob Lipski to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dick Egan (January 2, 1965).

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