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Clell Lavern "Butch" Hobson, Jr. (born August 17, 1951) is a former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. 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 currently serves as manager of the Lancaster Barnstormers. == Athlete == 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 amateur draft, he made his debut in . His most productive season came in , when he set team season records for a third baseman with 30 home runs and 112 RBIs. In , Hobson hit 17 home runs with 80 RBI. Nevertheless, he posted 43 errors, the most for any American League fielder in that season, and his .899 fielding average also was the first below .900 by a regular player in 60 years. Hobson hit 28 home runs with 93 RBI in , but a year later, an ensuing injury to his right elbow left him inactive for almost two campaigns. Before the season, Hobson was sent to the Angels along with Rick Burleson in the same trade that brought Carney Lansford and Mark Clear to Boston. Hobson finished his major league career with the Yankees in . In an eight-year career, Hobson had a .248 batting average with 98 home runs and 397 RBI in 738 games. Hobson holds the record for the fewest career home runs with a 30 home run season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Butch Hobson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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