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Hobie Landrith
Hobert Neal Landrith

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.
School Michigan State University

Debut July 30, 1950
Final Game August 7, 1963
Born March 16, 1930 in Decatur, IL

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 20 CIN NL   4   14    1    3   0  0   0    1   0      2   1  .214  .313  .214   41    3   0           0   0
 1951 21 CIN NL   4   13    3    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .385  .429  .462  137    6   0           0   0
 1952 22 CIN NL  15   50    1   13   4  0   0    4   0  1   0   4  .260  .260  .340   65   17   0           0   1
 1953 23 CIN NL  52  154   15   37   3  1   3   16   2  0  12   8  .240  .299  .331   64   51   0           1   2
 1954 24 CIN NL  48   81   12   16   0  0   5   14   1  0  18   9  .198  .340  .383   87   31   2   1       0   1
 1955 25 CIN NL  43   87    9   22   3  0   4    7   0  1  10  14  .253  .330  .425   96   37   1   0   1   0   2
 1956 26 CHC NL 111  312   22   69  10  3   4   32   0  2  39  38  .221  .307  .311   68   97   7   3  15   1   2
 1957 27 STL NL  75  214   18   52   6  0   3   26   1  2  25  27  .243  .318  .313   70   67   1   3   1   0   4
 1958 28 STL NL  70  144    9   31   4  0   3   13   0  1  26  21  .215  .335  .306   69   44   1   0   4   0   2
 1959 29 SFG NL 109  283   30   71  14  0   3   29   0  4  43  23  .251  .345  .332   84   94   5   4   7   0   6
 1960 30 SFG NL  71  190   18   46  10  0   1   20   1  1  23  11  .242  .321  .311   78   59   3   2   2   0   5
 1961 31 SFG NL  43   71   11   17   4  0   2   10   0  0  12   7  .239  .337  .380   93   27   2   3   3   0   3
 1962 32 TOT     83  212   24   50   7  1   5   24   0  0  27  12  .236  .321  .349   85   74   0   3   1   1   4
         NYM NL  23   45    6   13   3  0   1    7   0  0   8   3  .289  .389  .422  118   19   0   1   0   0   0
         BAL AL  60  167   18   37   4  1   4   17   0  0  19   9  .222  .302  .329   75   55   0   2   1   1   4
 1963 33 TOT AL  44  104    6   18   3  0   1    7   0  0  15  12  .173  .277  .231   45   24   1   0   1   0   3
         BAL AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         WSA AL  42  103    6   18   3  0   1    7   0  0  15  12  .175  .280  .233   46   24   1   0   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     772 1929  179  450  69  5  34  203   5 12 253 188  .233  .320  .327   75  631  23  19  35   3  35
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        405   38   94  14  1   7   43   1  3  53  39  .233  .320  .327   75  132   5   4   7   1   7
 Career High    111  312   30   71  14  3   5   32   2  4  43  38  .251  .345  .332   84   97   7   4  15   1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 20 CIN NL   16   11    1   2.4   108| .214  .270| .313  .346| .214  .418| .527  .764|  41  .228  -1.2  -0.1     
 1951 21 CIN NL   14    8    3  10.1   105| .385  .270| .429  .344| .462  .409| .891  .753| 137  .813   0.8   0.1   0%
 1952 22 CIN NL   50   39    4   2.7    97| .260  .262| .260  .334| .340  .389| .600  .724|  65  .319  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1953 23 CIN NL  167  119   15   3.3   110| .240  .274| .299  .345| .331  .427| .630  .773|  64  .336  -8.4  -0.8 100%
 1954 24 CIN NL  102   69   11   4.3   111| .198  .276| .340  .348| .383  .427| .723  .775|  87  .448  -1.4  -0.1 100%
 1955 25 CIN NL   98   69   12   4.6   109| .253  .270| .330  .342| .425  .428| .755  .769|  96  .497  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1956 26 CHC NL  362  257   32   3.3   102| .221  .263| .307  .330| .311  .415| .618  .745|  68  .368 -13.4  -1.3   0%
 1957 27 STL NL  243  172   22   3.5   105| .243  .271| .318  .334| .313  .419| .631  .754|  70  .371  -8.6  -0.9  33%
 1958 28 STL NL  171  117   16   3.7   109| .215  .274| .335  .343| .306  .428| .641  .771|  69  .392  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1959 29 SFG NL  335  231   34   3.9   103| .251  .268| .345  .333| .332  .414| .677  .747|  84  .427  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1960 30 SFG NL  218  155   20   3.5    95| .242  .257| .321  .322| .311  .395| .632  .717|  78  .397  -4.4  -0.5  50%
 1961 31 SFG NL   88   62    9   3.9   103| .239  .266| .337  .332| .380  .415| .717  .747|  93  .417   0.1   0.0   0%
 1962 32 TOT     243  169   25   4.0    99| .236  .259| .321  .329| .349  .401| .670  .730|  85  .438  -3.8  -0.4   0%
         NYM NL   54   33    8   6.5   103| .289  .270| .389  .337| .422  .410| .811  .747| 118  .656   1.7   0.2   0%
         BAL AL  189  136   17   3.4    97| .222  .256| .302  .327| .329  .399| .631  .726|  75  .364  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1963 33 TOT AL  120   90    7   2.1    94| .173  .255| .277  .321| .231  .394| .508  .716|  45  .220  -7.5  -0.8   0%
         BAL AL    1    1    0   0.0    91| .000  .251| .000  .316| .000  .387| .000  .703|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         WSA AL  119   89    7   2.1    95| .175  .255| .280  .321| .233  .394| .513  .716|  46  .223  -7.2  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     2227 1568  211   3.6   103| .233  .266| .320  .334| .327  .413| .647  .747|  75  .394 -61.5  -6.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 20 CIN NL C 4 15 2 0 0 1.000 .983 4.25 4.53 0 1951 21 CIN NL C 4 23 2 0 0 1.000 .980 6.25 4.42 0 1952 22 CIN NL C 14 56 7 0 0 1.000 .984 4.50 4.84 0 1953 23 CIN NL C 47 179 13 3 4 .985 .984 4.09 4.66 2 1954 24 CIN NL C 42 123 15 2 1 .986 .986 3.29 4.57 1 1955 25 CIN NL C 27 86 14 0 3 1.000 .987 3.70 4.82 1 1956 26 CHC NL C 99 483 55 14 9 .975 .985 5.43 5.01 6.04 5.83 90 802.0 10 10 31 11 1957 27 STL NL C 67 339 29 5 3 .987 .988 5.49 4.99 6.41 5.98 56 516.7 4 15 16 14 1958 28 STL NL C 45 227 16 2 3 .992 .988 5.40 5.19 6.72 6.06 34 325.3 2 6 20 5 1959 29 SFG NL C 109 576 45 5 5 .992 .989 5.70 5.24 7.15 6.34 88 782.0 4 16 23 24 1960 30 SFG NL C 70 346 23 13 5 .966 .986 5.27 5.41 6.51 6.58 56 510.0 4 13 30 13 1961 31 SFG NL C 30 126 9 2 2 .985 .985 4.50 5.17 6.97 6.39 18 174.3 1 2 7 5 1962 32 TOT C 81 376 37 9 5 .979 .989 5.10 5.55 6.42 6.39 62 579.0 7 15 35 21 NYM NL C 21 87 3 3 0 .968 .987 4.29 5.50 6.82 6.72 12 118.7 3 4 12 3 BAL AL C 60 289 34 6 5 .982 .989 5.38 5.57 6.32 6.30 50 460.3 4 11 23 18 1963 33 TOT AL C 38 161 17 4 3 .978 .989 4.68 5.78 6.02 6.64 29 266.3 2 11 14 9 BAL AL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.80 9.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 WSA AL C 37 160 17 4 3 .978 .989 4.78 5.78 6.00 6.64 29 265.3 2 11 14 9
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 20 CIN NL C 4 15 2 0 0 1.000 .983 4.25 4.53 0 1951 21 CIN NL C 4 23 2 0 0 1.000 .980 6.25 4.42 0 1952 22 CIN NL C 14 56 7 0 0 1.000 .984 4.50 4.84 0 1953 23 CIN NL C 47 179 13 3 4 .985 .984 4.09 4.66 2 1954 24 CIN NL C 42 123 15 2 1 .986 .986 3.29 4.57 1 1955 25 CIN NL C 27 86 14 0 3 1.000 .987 3.70 4.82 1 1956 26 CHC NL C 99 483 55 14 9 .975 .985 5.43 5.01 6.04 5.83 90 802.0 10 10 31 11 1957 27 STL NL C 67 339 29 5 3 .987 .988 5.49 4.99 6.41 5.98 56 516.7 4 15 16 14 1958 28 STL NL C 45 227 16 2 3 .992 .988 5.40 5.19 6.72 6.06 34 325.3 2 6 20 5 1959 29 SFG NL C 109 576 45 5 5 .992 .989 5.70 5.24 7.15 6.34 88 782.0 4 16 23 24 1960 30 SFG NL C 70 346 23 13 5 .966 .986 5.27 5.41 6.51 6.58 56 510.0 4 13 30 13 1961 31 SFG NL C 30 126 9 2 2 .985 .985 4.50 5.17 6.97 6.39 18 174.3 1 2 7 5 1962 32 TOT C 81 376 37 9 5 .979 .989 5.10 5.55 6.42 6.39 62 579.0 7 15 35 21 NYM NL C 21 87 3 3 0 .968 .987 4.29 5.50 6.82 6.72 12 118.7 3 4 12 3 BAL AL C 60 289 34 6 5 .982 .989 5.38 5.57 6.32 6.30 50 460.3 4 11 23 18 1963 33 TOT AL C 38 161 17 4 3 .978 .989 4.68 5.78 6.02 6.64 29 266.3 2 11 14 9 BAL AL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.80 9.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 WSA AL C 37 160 17 4 3 .978 .989 4.78 5.78 6.00 6.64 29 265.3 2 11 14 9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 677 3116 284 59 43 .983 .987 5.02 5.14 433 3955.7 38 88 176 102 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 677 3116 284 59 43 .983 .987 5.02 5.14
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Intentional Walks
1956 NL-15-6

Youngest Player
1950 NL-20-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

November 28, 1955: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Chicago Cubs for Hal Jeffcoat.

December 11, 1956: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jim Davis, Sam Jones, and Eddie Miksis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt, and Wally Lammers (minors).

October 8, 1958: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Billy Muffett and Benny Valenzuela to the San Francisco Giants for Marv Grissom and Ernie Broglio.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the New York Mets from the San Francisco Giants in the 1961 expansion draft.

June 7, 1962: Sent by the New York Mets to the Baltimore Orioles to complete an earlier deal made on May 9, 1962. The New York Mets sent a player to be named later and cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Marv Throneberry. The New York Mets sent Hobie Landrith (June 7, 1962) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

May 8, 1963: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Baltimore Orioles.

December 6, 1963: Released by the Washington Senators.


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