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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 to . He was killed in a plane crash near Provo, Utah prior to the 1964 season. In his short big-league career, Hubbs was considered to be an excellent fielder; assessments of his hitting were more mixed. In , he became the first rookie to win a Gold Glove Award, and set several fielding records. Those achievements helped him win the National League Rookie of the Year Award that season. At the time of his death, Hubbs was considered to be one of the best defensive second basemen in the game. == Early life == Hubbs was born in Riverside, California and resided in nearby Colton. He played in the 1954 Little League World Series.〔Team roster http://www.littleleague.org/series/history/rosters/1954rstr.htm〕 Colton represented California. They beat Virginia in the first round and Illinois in the second. In the final game of the Series, Schenectady, New York beat California 5-3.〔LLWS scores 1954 http://www.littleleague.org/series/history/scores/1954line.htm〕 Two future big league players played on the Schenectady team: Jim Barbieri, with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Bill Connors, with the Chicago Cubs, both in 1966. Highlights of Hubbs playing defense at shortstop were captured on film.〔 ''Film of '54 Colton LL team found'', by John Murphy, The Sun, (San Bernardino, CA), August 15, 2004〕 The video includes a play where Hubbs ran from the shortstop position to back up the second baseman and caught a bloop fly into short right field. He was elected ASB president at Colton High School his senior year. In high school he excelled in 3 sports, baseball, basketball and football. He was honored by CIF in all three. In 1958-59, he was a high school All-American in two sports, football (quarterback) and basketball. He was recruited by Notre Dame to play quarterback and by UCLA's John Wooden to play basketball. "Ken was undoubtedly the best football player I ever coached,' said Joe Lash former Colton High School football coach. His basketball coach echoed, "Kenny Hubbs was the best all-around basketball player I ever saw for a boy his age." 〔"The Natural" by Bob Cunningham. Inland Empire magazine, May 1999, pg 50-53.〕 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「Ken Hubbs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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