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Dick
Hoblitzel		  
Nickname: Doc
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 182
 
Born: October 26, 1888 in Usa, WV, WAVERLY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1916   
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
1908 19 CLE AL     6 6 5 2 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1909 20 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3 8 9 9
1910 21 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1911 22 CLE AL $ 1,610,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1912 23 CLE AL $ 1,610,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1913 24 CLE AL $ 4,164,286   9 9 8 2 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 10 9
1914 25 CLE AL $ 4,164,286   8 8 7 3 4 3 7 8 8 3 3 3 9 10 10
1915 26 CLE AL $ 4,164,286   8 8 7 3 4 3 7 8 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1916 27 CLE AL $ 8,300,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1917 28 CLE AL $ 8,300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1918 29 CLE AL $ 8,300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1919 30 CLE AL $ 9,400,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1920 31 CLE AL $ 9,400,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1921 32 CLE AL $ 9,400,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1922 33 CLE AL $ 9,400,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1923 34 CLE AL $ 2,270,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1924 35 CLE AL     7 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 2 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,400,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1908 19 AAA   38 152 12 33 7 5 1 13 1 2 13 37 .217 .279 .349 .627 14.2  
    AA   92 332 46 87 10 4 14 52 9 13 37 71 .262 .336 .443 .779 47.5  
1909 20 CLE AL 70 229 26 55 11 3 3 30 12 4 18 42 .240 .319 .354 .673 27.4 6.6
    AAA   22 77 14 27 6 0 2 15 0 2 8 14 .351 .412 .506 .918 14.0  
    AA   11 44 5 14 2 0 2 5 2 2 7 11 .318 .412 .500 .912 8.5  
1910 21 CLE AL 111 327 33 76 7 7 2 32 12 16 17 40 .232 .283 .315 .598 24.8 2.6
1911 22 CLE AL 117 472 64 146 23 8 5 74 27 22 36 28 .309 .364 .424 .787 64.2 12.5
    AAA   27 103 20 38 10 2 6 20 2 4 11 8 .369 .430 .680 1.109 24.5  
1912 23 CLE AL 128 453 72 154 28 11 3 86 25 24 40 32 .340 .395 .470 .865 71.1 15.4
1913 24 CLE AL 146 562 82 157 26 14 2 90 21 25 59 38 .279 .348 .386 .734 67.3 11.4
1914 25 CLE AL 144 554 61 153 20 12 5 87 14 13 45 28 .276 .332 .383 .714 67.5 12.0
1915 26 CLE AL 132 498 53 134 19 13 5 67 8 20 44 13 .269 .329 .390 .719 58.6 14.7
1916 27 CLE AL 125 456 64 137 24 12 5 85 19 12 56 11 .300 .372 .439 .811 72.9 18.0
1917 28 CLE AL 144 538 74 138 29 5 9 82 14 7 41 18 .257 .311 .379 .690 61.3 12.0
1918 29 CLE AL 124 458 50 124 18 12 4 63 10 8 34 9 .271 .320 .389 .709 52.9 11.1
1919 30 CLE AL 53 189 27 50 8 2 0 19 2 3 17 4 .265 .322 .328 .650 19.2 2.7
1920 31 CLE AL 116 368 52 98 24 6 5 48 6 16 25 9 .266 .319 .405 .724 41.9 5.7
1921 32 CLE AL 105 221 34 67 12 5 2 40 2 3 30 5 .303 .393 .430 .823 34.5 5.5
1922 33 CLE AL 123 444 79 146 24 12 10 81 7 11 28 4 .329 .366 .505 .870 74.5 15.7
1923 34 CLE AL 126 467 62 150 21 12 6 48 9 13 36 12 .321 .371 .456 .827 71.8 15.8
1924 35 CLE AL 115 294 42 72 12 5 4 35 6 7 37 6 .245 .327 .361 .688 34.7 4.6
16 Years Sim 1879 6530 875 1857 306 139 70 967 194 204 563 299 .284 .343 .406 .749 844.6 166.3
3 Years AAA 87 332 46 98 23 7 9 48 3 8 32 59 .295 .359 .488 .847 52.7  
2 Years AA 103 376 51 101 12 4 16 57 11 15 44 82 .269 .348 .449 .798 56.1  
5 Years Minors 190 708 97 199 35 11 25 105 14 23 76 141 .281 .353 .468 .821 108.8  
162 Game Average 562 75 160 26 11 6 83 16 17 48 25 .284 .343 .406 .749 72.8  
Career Highs 146 562 82 157 29 14 10 90 27 25 59 42 .340 .395 .505 .870 74.5  
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   5320 726 1558 263 111 66 818 153 163 487 209 .293 .354 .421 .775 738.6
vs LH   1210 149 299 43 28 4 149 41 41 76 90 .247 .294 .339 .633 110.5
Home 920 3202 455 964 165 73 24 466 86 108 284 136 .301 .358 .421 .779 442.9
Away 959 3328 420 893 141 66 46 501 108 96 279 163 .268 .329 .392 .720 406.2
RISP   1981 0 571 89 50 28 844 0 0 248 87 .288 .362 .426 .788 307.4
Pinch Hitting   201 36 56 11 1 3 34 2 4 24 11 .279 .351 .388 .739 27.1
Close/Late   836 105 221 39 12 7 85 0 0 122 42 .264 .362 .365 .727 114.6
Mar/Apr 188 630 86 183 29 14 7 95 23 19 74 24 .290 .366 .414 .781 92.3
May 330 1195 155 338 50 29 9 171 24 41 87 51 .283 .332 .396 .728 142.6
June 335 1165 154 327 50 24 15 190 24 41 96 45 .281 .340 .403 .743 145.0
July 339 1163 146 329 62 23 16 166 41 44 107 49 .283 .344 .417 .761 155.2
August 329 1129 166 324 56 21 14 171 40 24 89 58 .287 .342 .411 .753 151.3
Sep/Oct 358 1248 168 356 59 28 9 174 42 35 110 72 .285 .345 .399 .744 162.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1909 20 CLE AL 1B 61 61 565.3 714 56 8 61 .990 12.26   1.1
1910 21 CLE AL 1B 81 81 719.0 876 62 6 70 .994 11.74   1.3
    2B 1 0 9.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1911 22 CLE AL 1B 114 114 1028.3 1256 93 10 107 .993 11.81   2.0
1912 23 CLE AL 1B 117 117 1032.0 1269 101 10 82 .993 11.95   2.9
1913 24 CLE AL 1B 144 143 1300.7 1648 130 13 118 .993 12.30   2.7
1914 25 CLE AL 1B 143 142 1279.7 1597 116 18 111 .990 12.05   2.2
1915 26 CLE AL 1B 127 126 1126.0 1456 115 8 100 .995 12.56   4.0
    3B 5 5 45.0 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.60   0.2
1916 27 CLE AL 1B 123 120 1066.7 1473 122 15 93 .991 13.46   2.2
1917 28 CLE AL 1B 144 144 1281.3 1721 151 14 130 .993 13.15   2.9
1918 29 CLE AL 1B 120 118 1071.0 1434 130 9 105 .994 13.14   2.6
1919 30 CLE AL 1B 48 47 418.3 589 53 7 55 .989 13.81   0.7
1920 31 CLE AL 1B 99 92 835.0 1218 99 11 105 .992 14.20   1.5
1921 32 CLE AL 1B 90 39 451.7 668 55 7 62 .990 14.41   1.1
1922 33 CLE AL 1B 111 99 920.0 1337 127 9 135 .994 14.32   2.2
1923 34 CLE AL 1B 122 112 1003.7 1531 126 19 139 .989 14.86   1.9
1924 35 CLE AL 1B 97 70 648.7 965 73 16 94 .985 14.40   1.2
  1B 1741 1625 14747.3 19752 1609 180 1567 .992 13.04   32.5
  3B 6 5 46.0 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.54   0.2
  2B 1 0 9.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
Career Totals   1748 1630 14802.3 19760 1619 180 1568 .992 13.00   32.8
Career Highs   144 144 1300.7 1721 151 19 139 .995 14.86    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1911-9-.309
1912-2-.340
1916-9-.300
1922-9-.319*
1923-8-.321
 On-Base Pct
1912-6-.395
1916-6-.372
 Slugging Pct
1911-8-.424
1912-4-.470
1915-7-.390
1916-2-.439
1922-4-.489*
1923-5-.456
 OPS
1911-10-.787
1912-2-.865
1916-3-.811
1922-5-.845*
1923-8-.827
 Games
1913-10-146
1914-9-144
1917-9-144
CAR-35-1879
 At-Bats
CAR-48-6530
Total Bases
CAR-44-2651
 Doubles
1917-5-29
CAR-39-306
 Triples
1913-9-14
1915-3-13
1916-8-12
1918-6-12
1922-10-12
1923-4-12
CAR-25-139
 Homeruns
1915-10-5
1916-9-5
1917-2-9
1918-8-4
1922-3-10
CAR-48-70
 RBIs
1912-9-86
1913-4-90
1914-4-87
1915-10-67
1916-4-85
1917-5-82
CAR-29-967
 Caught Stealing
1911-6-22
1912-7-24
1913-3-25
1915-5-20
CAR-36-204
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 93    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1908
Injured on 5/16/1908 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 5/14/1909, off Bill Donovan (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/15/1909, off Louis Leroy (WS1)
6/13/1910: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $1,610,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1911, hitting .372 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
Injured on 8/11/1912 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,164,286 through salary arbitration
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,164,286 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1914, hitting .350 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,164,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1915: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $8,300,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1916
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 9/22/1917
Injured on 3/30/1918 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
7/31/1918: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $9,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/2/1919 with a Fractured Knee, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/1920, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
5/16/1922: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $2,270,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 8/10/1923
Released by Cleveland on 10/2/1924
 
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