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Glen
Hobbie		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: April 24, 1936 in Usa, IL, WITT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1964   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 21 DET AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 7
1958 22 STL NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7
1959 23 STL NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 6
1960 24 STL NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 6
1961 25 STL NL $ 350,000 8 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1962 26 STL NL $ 1,971,429 8 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
1963 27 STL NL $ 500,000 8 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6
1964 28 STL NL $ 500,000 8 5 6 6 4 6 5 6 7 6
1965 29 STL NL $ 500,000 8 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 6
1966 30 STL NL $ 500,000 8 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 6
1967 31 STL NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1968 32 STL NL $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5
1969 33 STL NL $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5
1970 34 STL NL $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,971,429 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 21 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 22 STL NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 23 STL NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 24 STL NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 25 STL NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 26 STL NL $ 1,971,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 27 STL NL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 28 STL NL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 29 STL NL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 30 STL NL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 31 STL NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 32 STL NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 33 STL NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 34 STL NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,971,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1957 21 DET AL 1 3 .250 7 5 2 0 0 40.3 43 21 7 11 34 4.69 .270 .320 .440 .760 1.4
    AAA   4 13 .235 27 27 1 1 0 172.0 188 89 18 79 119 4.66 .279 .354 .413 .767  
1958 22 STL NL 13 18 .419 39 39 10 2 0 292.0 272 120 34 96 199 3.70 .247 .309 .393 .702 21.0
1959 23 STL NL 11 18 .379 36 36 8 0 0 274.0 244 129 34 106 194 4.24 .235 .307 .397 .703 14.9
1960 24 STL NL 9 8 .529 68 16 1 0 1 162.7 189 102 24 75 116 5.64 .291 .364 .458 .823 2.5
1961 25 STL NL 8 14 .364 41 27 7 2 2 225.7 197 104 30 88 154 4.15 .231 .306 .382 .688 11.1
1962 26 STL NL 4 5 .444 64 5 0 0 14 96.7 106 52 12 45 63 4.84 .280 .357 .438 .795 1.7
1963 27 STL NL 11 9 .550 60 9 1 0 6 117.0 139 68 16 54 60 5.23 .299 .374 .456 .830 1.5
1964 28 STL NL 4 9 .308 52 7 1 0 6 96.0 110 81 15 78 47 7.59 .289 .414 .476 .890 0.0
1965 29 STL NL 1 3 .250 17 2 1 0 1 35.3 46 26 5 14 26 6.62 .309 .372 .483 .855 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 15.3 10 2 0 5 15 1.17 .179 .246 .196 .442  
1966 30 STL NL 9 3 .750 66 0 0 0 8 79.7 52 26 7 35 56 2.94 .186 .278 .300 .578 9.7
1967 31 STL NL 7 5 .583 57 0 0 0 4 77.0 85 60 13 47 53 7.01 .275 .376 .447 .822 0.0
1968 32 STL NL 2 4 .333 61 1 0 0 5 82.0 61 24 10 29 61 2.63 .206 .280 .338 .618 9.4
1969 33 STL NL 2 2 .500 26 0 0 0 1 37.0 47 21 1 21 17 5.11 .326 .416 .389 .805 1.4
1970 34 AAA   2 2 .500 13 0 0 0 2 13.0 14 10 1 17 12 6.92 .280 .463 .420 .883  
13 Years Sim 82 101 .448 594 147 31 4 48 1615.3 1591 834 208 699 1080 4.65 .256 .334 .411 .745 74.7
3 Years AAA 6 15 .286 49 27 1 1 2 200.3 212 101 19 101 146 4.54 .271 .355 .398 .753  
Season Average 6 7 .462 45 11 2 0 3 124.3 122 64 16 53 83 4.65 .256 .334 .411 .745  
Career Highs 13 18 .750 68 39 10 2 14 292.0 272 129 34 106 199 7.59 .326 .416 .483 .890  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   830 448 115 301 668   .245 .307 .402 .709
vs LH   761 386 93 398 412   .270 .360 .421 .781
Home 50 48 .510 316 74 10 2 19 857.6 831 447 105 382 569 4.69 .253 .330 .403 .733
Away 32 53 .376 278 73 21 2 29 757.6 760 387 103 317 511 4.60 .261 .333 .419 .753
Mar/Apr 14 16 .467 111 23 4 0 10 277.6 279 144 32 120 195 4.67 .260 .335 .410 .744
May 9 19 .321 106 23 4 1 14 274.3 263 131 40 135 168 4.30 .253 .338 .418 .756
June 12 17 .414 92 21 7 1 5 243.0 236 131 30 115 157 4.85 .256 .338 .405 .743
July 14 16 .467 105 21 5 1 6 260.6 278 161 29 104 183 5.56 .271 .339 .415 .754
August 20 18 .526 92 29 5 1 5 292.0 276 134 37 127 200 4.13 .248 .326 .401 .726
Sep/Oct 13 15 .464 88 30 6 0 8 267.6 259 133 40 98 177 4.47 .250 .315 .417 .732
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 21 DET AL 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0
1958 22 STL NL 39 90 1 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 42 .122 .141 .156 .297 -0.9 0.0
1959 23 STL NL 36 91 4 10 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 39 .110 .110 .132 .242 -2.1 0.0
1960 24 STL NL 68 35 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .171 .194 .200 .394 1.0 0.0
1961 25 STL NL 41 68 8 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 30 .118 .155 .147 .302 0.1 0.0
1962 26 STL NL 64 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
1963 27 STL NL 60 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .043 .043 .043 .087 -1.9 0.0
1964 28 STL NL 52 18 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .278 .444 0.7 0.0
1965 29 STL NL 17 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 1.1 0.2
1966 30 STL NL 66 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0
1967 31 STL NL 57 6 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9 0.2
1968 32 STL NL 61 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
12 Years Sim 568 369 18 45 9 1 0 14 0 0 6 157 .122 .136 .152 .288 -3.4 0.5
162 Game Average 105 5 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 44 .122 .136 .152 .288 -1.0  
Career Highs 68 91 8 11 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 42 .429 .429 .500 .857 1.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   231 11 33 6 0 0 9 0 0 5 101 .143 .161 .169 .330 0.5
vs LH   138 7 12 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 56 .087 .094 .123 .217 -4.6
Home 291 182 10 19 4 1 0 6 0 0 5 80 .104 .128 .137 .266 -3.0
Away 268 187 8 26 5 0 0 8 0 0 1 77 .139 .144 .166 .309 -1.0
RISP   77 0 7 2 0 0 12 0 0 1 30 .091 .103 .117 .219 -2.4
Close/Late   32 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .125 .125 .156 .281 -0.5
Mar/Apr 73 59 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 25 .102 .117 .119 .235 -1.5
May 54 54 3 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 .204 .232 .241 .473 2.5
June 57 54 4 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 25 .130 .161 .167 .327 0.1
July 67 63 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 27 .095 .109 .111 .220 -1.9
August 39 71 5 12 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 26 .169 .169 .239 .408 1.5
Sep/Oct 59 68 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 .044 .044 .044 .088 -4.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1957 21 DET AL P 7 5 40.3 5 9 0 0 1.000 3.12    
1958 22 STL NL P 39 39 292.0 19 63 2 5 .976 2.53    
1959 23 STL NL P 36 36 274.0 22 55 1 2 .987 2.53    
1960 24 STL NL P 68 16 162.7 12 31 1 1 .977 2.38    
1961 25 STL NL P 41 27 225.7 13 55 1 0 .986 2.71    
1962 26 STL NL P 64 5 96.7 6 16 1 1 .957 2.05    
1963 27 STL NL P 60 9 117.0 14 19 0 1 1.000 2.54    
1964 28 STL NL P 52 7 96.0 9 15 0 2 1.000 2.25    
1965 29 STL NL P 17 2 35.3 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.78    
1966 30 STL NL P 66 0 79.7 12 11 2 3 .920 2.60    
1967 31 STL NL P 57 0 77.0 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.52    
1968 32 STL NL P 61 1 82.0 3 19 0 1 1.000 2.41    
1969 33 STL NL P 26 0 37.0 0 5 0 2 1.000 1.22    
Career Totals   594 147 1615.3 122 311 8 19 .982 2.41    
Career Highs   68 39 292.0 22 63 2 5 1.000 3.12    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1962 26 STL NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 4 1 0 1 3 2.46 .286 .333 .357 .690
1963 27 STL NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 0 1 2 2.25 .231 .286 .385 .670
1966 30 STL NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 .222 .222 .222 .444
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 10.3 9 2 0 2 7 1.74 .250 .289 .333 .623
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1958-5-18
1959-6-18
 Saves
1962-8-14
 Games Pitched
1960-7-68
1962-9-64
 Shutouts
1958-6-2
1961-4-2
 Homeruns Allowed
1958-8-34
 Walks Allowed
1959-5-106
Hits per 9IP
1959-8-8.0
 OAVG
1959-7-.235
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Gene Schott (946)
  2. John Miller (944)
  3. Don Wilson (938)
  4. Joe Bowman (937)
  5. Sam Nahem (931)
  6. Bob Anderson (927)
  7. Virgil Trucks (925)
  8. Chris Zachary (923)
  9. Junior Thompson (923)
  10. Larry Dierker (921)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Roger Bowman (992)
  2. Hersh Freeman (986)
  3. Bob Anderson (983)
  4. Russ Kemmerer (982)
  5. Lee Stine (981)
  6. Ken Heintzelman (980)
  7. Ed Durham (979)
  8. Ralph Beard (979)
  9. Chris Short (978)
  10. Frank Sullivan (977)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Detroit in 1957
Injured on 6/21/1957 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/15/1957 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/12/1957
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis on 2/1/1958 (Going to STL: P Glen Hobbie. Going to DET: P Dick Rozek)
Had first career hit on 4/26/1958, off Robin Roberts (BOS)
Injured on 9/8/1958 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 6/14/1959 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
9/22/1962: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964
7/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $300,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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