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词条 Glenn Hubbard (baseball)
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  1. Career

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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Glenn Hubbard
|image=Norton Hubbard.jpg
|caption=Hubbard (right) talks to Greg Norton as first base coach of the Atlanta Braves in 2008
|position=Second baseman
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|9|25}}
|birth_place=Hahn AFB, West Germany
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 14
|debutyear= 1978
|debutteam= Atlanta Braves
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 29
|finalyear= 1989
|finalteam= Oakland Athletics
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.244
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=70
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=448
|teams=As player
  • Atlanta Braves ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1987}})
  • Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1988}}–{{mlby|1989}})
As coach
  • Atlanta Braves ({{mlby|1999}}–{{mlby|2010}})

|highlights=
  • All-Star (1983)

}}

Glenn Dee Hubbard (born September 25, 1957) is a former first base coach for the Atlanta Braves and second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from 1978 to 1989. Hubbard played his first ten seasons with the Atlanta Braves and his last two with the Oakland Athletics.

Career

Glenn Hubbard attended Wheatland High School, just outside Beale AFB, CA, where his father was stationed. He finished high school at Ben Lomond High School when his father moved to Hill Air Force Base near Ogden, Utah. Out of high school, he was a 20th round selection in the 1975 MLB draft and was promoted to the major leagues in 1978. Hubbard hit his first major league home run on September 23, {{Baseball year|1978}}. Hubbard's career with the Braves lasted from 1978 to 1987. Hubbard signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics and played with them in 1988 and 1989.

In 1983, Hubbard had his best season; he hit .263 with 14 home runs and 70 RBI as he earned his only All-Star Game appearance. During his 7th inning at-bat, announcers Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola made numerous light-hearted comments about his full beard, as beards were not in fashion at the time. Hubbard got a single when he hit a hard grounder to another first-time All-Star, Cal Ripken. The ball took a wicked hop that Ripken couldn't handle.

Hubbard was known more for his fielding than his hitting. His willingness to stand in while turning a double play with a runner coming at him and his steady glove made him very valuable for the Braves. He currently holds Braves' team fielding records for second basemen in all categories. He was also an excellent bunter and in 1982 he led the National League in sacrifice hits.

Hubbard's most notable trading card is the 1984 Fleer version in which he has an eight-foot boa constrictor draped around his neck.

Hubbard was the Braves' first base coach from 1999 to 2010 under manager Bobby Cox. When Fredi Gonzalez was hired as the Braves manager on October 13, 2010, Hubbard was not offered a position on his staff. The previous hitting coach, Terry Pendleton, replaced him.

The Kansas City Royals organization hired Hubbard in 2011. As of the 2015 season Hubbard is now bench coach for the Lexington Legends who operate as the Royals class A team. On June 24, 2016, the Legends held a promotional giveaway with a Glenn Hubbard bobblehead featuring him in a Legends uniform with a boa constrictor draped across his neck, an image made popular by his {{baseball year|1984}} Fleer baseball card.

External links

{{Baseballstats|br=h/hubbagl01|cube=13068|brm=hubbar001gle}}, or Retrosheet, or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League){{s-start}}{{succession box | title=Atlanta Braves first base coach | after=Pat Corrales | before=Terry Pendleton | years=1999-2010}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hubbard, Glenn}}

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