Born:(1930-03-16)March 16, 1930 Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
Died: April 6, 2023(2023-04-06) (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
Cincinnati Reds (1950–1955)
Chicago Cubs (1956)
St. Louis Cardinals (1957–1958)
San Francisco Giants (1959–1961)
New York Mets (1962)
Baltimore Orioles (1962–1963)
Washington Senators (1963)
As coach
Washington Senators (1964)
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.
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