Ken Hubbs
| Ken Hubbs | |
|---|---|
| Second baseman | |
| Born: December 23, 1941 Riverside, California, U.S. | |
| Died: February 13, 1964 (aged 22) Provo, Utah, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 10, 1961, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 29, 1963, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .247 |
| Home runs | 14 |
| Runs batted in | 98 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kenneth Douglass Hubbs (December 23, 1941 – February 13, 1964) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs from 1961 to 1963. Hubbs died at age 22 when the private plane he was piloting crashed in a snow storm near Provo, Utah prior to the 1964 season.
In his short big-league career he was an excellent fielder, already earning a Gold Glove Award; assessments of his hitting were more mixed, as he was still developing as a hitter. In 1962, becoming the first rookie in baseball history to win a Gold Glove Award, Hubbs set several fielding records and convincingly won the 1962 National League Rookie of the Year Award. At the time of his death, Hubbs was among the best defensive second basemen in the game.