Butch Hobson
| Butch Hobson | |||
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| Third baseman / Manager | |||
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Born: August 17, 1951 Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 7, 1975, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 3, 1982, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .248 | ||
| Home runs | 98 | ||
| Runs batted in | 397 | ||
| Managerial record | 207–232 | ||
| Winning % | .472 | ||
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Clell Lavern "Butch" Hobson, Jr. (born August 17, 1951) is a former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball and the current manager of the Kane County Cougars. Hobson played for the Boston Red Sox (1975–80), California Angels (1981) and New York Yankees (1982). He batted and threw right-handed.
After retiring, he managed the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Boston Red Sox. He managed the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in 2008. He won the International League Manager of the Year award in 1991, and led the Nashua Pride to the Atlantic League Championship in 2000 and the Can-Am League Championship in 2007. He previously served as manager of the Lancaster Barnstormers before the Cougars.
Hobson was a backup quarterback for the University of Alabama team under Bear Bryant as well as a baseball standout. Selected by the Red Sox in the 1973 amateur draft, he made his debut in 1975. His most productive season came in 1977, when he set team season records for a third baseman with home runs and 112 RBIs.
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