| Hobie Landrith | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Landrith in 1954 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: March 16, 1930 Decatur, Illinois, U.S. | |
| Died: April 6, 2023 (aged 93) Sunnyvale, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 30, 1950, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 7, 1963, for the Washington Senators | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .233 |
| Home runs | 34 |
| Runs batted in | 203 |
| Teams | |
As player
As coach | |
Hobert Neal Landrith (March 16, 1930 – April 6, 2023) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1950 through 1963 for the Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, and Washington Senators. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg).
For most of his career, Landrith was a second- or third-string catcher.[1] He was a backup catcher for Andy Seminick and Smoky Burgess in Cincinnati, and later a regular with the Cubs in 1956. The following two years he backed up All-Stars Hal Smith and Walker Cooper with the Cardinals. He then had a three-season campaign in San Francisco, including his most successful season in 1959. He was the first pick of the New York Mets in the 1961 expansion draft.[2][3] Landrith closed out his career with short stints with the Mets, Orioles, and expansion Senators. In a career that spanned 14 seasons, Landrith had a career .233 batting average with 34 home runs, 203 runs batted in, and 450 hits in 772 games played.[4]
- ^ Stevens, Bob (1960). "The Giants' Hobie Landrith and his Brotherly Glove". Baseball Digest. 19 (5). Lakeside Publishing Company: 37–42.
- ^ Bjarkman, Peter C. (2003). The New York Mets Encyclopedia. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 329. ISBN 1-58261-634-5.
- ^ Attanasio, Ed (June 17, 2007). "He Played With the Greats: Hobie Landrith". BrooWaha. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
- ^ Batting Splits and Daily Batting Logs at Retrosheet Archived March 1, 2020, at the Wayback Machine and Baseball-Reference.com Archived July 4, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.