Butch Hobson
Born: August 17, 1951, Tuscaloosa, ALHeight: 6'1" Weight: 193 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Alabama
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1975 Boston AL 23 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .250 .250 1976 Boston AL 24 76 269 34 63 104 7 5 8 34 5 3 0 1 14 1 0 62 8 .234 .387 .272 1977 Boston AL 25 159 593 77 157 290 33 5 30 112 10 3 5 4 23 4 4 162 17 .265 .489 .300 1978 Boston AL 26 147 512 65 128 209 26 2 17 80 4 8 1 0 47 3 0 122 15 .250 .408 .312 1979 Boston AL 27 146 528 74 138 262 26 7 28 93 6 6 3 2 28 2 0 78 23 .261 .496 .298 1980 Boston AL 28 93 324 35 74 113 6 0 11 39 0 3 1 1 23 2 0 69 10 .228 .349 .281 1981 California AL 29 85 268 27 63 90 7 4 4 36 2 4 1 1 35 0 1 60 4 .235 .336 .321 1982 New York AL 30 30 58 2 10 12 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 2 .172 .207 .183 TOTALS 738 2556 314 634 1081 107 23 98 397 27 28 11 9 171 12 5 569 79 .248 .423 .297
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1975 Boston AL 3B 9.0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 1976 Boston AL 3B 675.0 76 0 3 76 60 146 14 11 .936 2.75 1977 Boston AL 3B 1410.0 159 0 0 159 128 272 23 27 .946 2.55 1978 Boston AL 3B 1159.1 133 0 17 133 122 261 43 25 .899 2.97 1979 Boston AL 3B 1218.0 141 1 14 142 110 251 25 17 .935 2.67 1979 Boston AL 2B 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1980 Boston AL 3B 451.1 55 2 18 57 52 109 16 5 .910 3.21 1981 California AL 3B 678.2 83 0 28 83 85 139 17 13 .929 2.97 1982 New York AL 1B 40.0 3 8 1 11 37 2 2 3 .951 8.78
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1973).
- Placed on disabled list by Boston Red Sox, (July 27, 1980).
- Activated by Boston Red Sox, (August 11, 1980).
- Placed on disabled list by Boston Red Sox, (August 23, 1980).
- Activated by Boston Red Sox, (September 7, 1980).
- 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).
- Placed on disabled list by New York Yankees, (April 1, 1982).
- Activated by New York Yankees, (April 24, 1982).
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