Bill Hubbell

Bill Hubbell
Bill Hubbell
	Pitcher
	Born: June 17, 1897; San Francisco, California
	Died: August 3, 1980 (aged 83); Lakewood, Colorado
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 24, 1919, for the New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
	September 13, 1925, for the Brooklyn Robins
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	40-63
Earned run average	4.68
Strikeouts	167
Teams
	New York Giants (1919–1920); Philadelphia Phillies (1920–1925); Brooklyn Robins (1925);

Wilbert William Hubbell (born June 17, 1897 – August 3, 1980) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1925. He attended college at the University of Idaho. He was born in San Francisco, California, and died in Lakewood, Colorado.

Hubbell was hit in the head by a line drive on May 27, 1922, which fractured his skull. "In the Brooklyn half of the first inning in the first game of a double header at the Philadelphia National League Park a line drive from Tom Griffith's bat struck pitcher Wilbur Hubbell the Philadelphia pitcher, who did not have time to get out of the ball's way. The sphere hit him on the left side of the head and he dropped to the ground..." ^[1] He was out of the hospital on June 3, 1922, almost completely recovered from the injury. Newspaper reports at the time said he would wear "a specially constructed steel plate to guard the area over his right ear" against further injuries.^[2]

References

^ "Bill Hubbell Photograph, 1922". Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
^ "Hubbell Out Of Hospital; To Wear Steel Ear Plate". The New York Herald. June 4, 1922. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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[1] "Bill Hubbell Photograph, 1922". Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

[2] "Hubbell Out Of Hospital; To Wear Steel Ear Plate". The New York Herald. June 4, 1922. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

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