Kenneth Douglass Hubbs was an American professional baseball player.
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39 Facts About Ken Hubbs
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Ken Hubbs played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs from 1961 to 1963.
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In 1962, becoming the first rookie in baseball history to win a Gold Glove Award, Hubbs set several fielding records and convincingly won the 1962 National League Rookie of the Year Award.
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At the time of his death, Ken Hubbs was among the best defensive second basemen in the game.
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Ken Hubbs was killed at age 22 when the private plane he was piloting crashed near Provo, Utah prior to the 1964 season.
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Ken Hubbs was born in Riverside, California, on December 23,1941, the son of Eulis and Dorothy Ken Hubbs.
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Ken Hubbs was the second oldest of five boys, raised with brothers Keith, Gary, and twins Kirk and Kraig.
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When he was a few months old, in the spring of 1942, Ken Hubbs suffered a ruptured hernia, and wore a truss for five years until it healed while he was in kindergarten.
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Ken Hubbs played in the 1954 Little League World Series, as his Colton little league team advanced and represented California.
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Highlights of Ken Hubbs playing defense at shortstop were captured on film.
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The video includes a play where Ken Hubbs ran from the shortstop position to back up the second baseman and caught a bloop fly into short right field.
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Ken Hubbs had stepped in a hole during a picnic, just before Colton's trip to the Little League World Series, breaking his toe.
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Ken Hubbs played the entire tournament with the injury, hobbling around the bases when he hit a home run.
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At Colton High School, Ken Hubbs was a four sport athlete.
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Ken Hubbs excelled in three sports, baseball, basketball and football at a national level and competed in track as a high jumper.
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Ken Hubbs was recruited by the University of Notre Dame to play quarterback and offered a scholarship by UCLA's John Wooden to play basketball.
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Ken Hubbs signed as an amateur free agent with the Chicago Cubs prior to the 1959 season.
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In 1959, Ken Hubbs played for the Morristown Cubs of the Class D Appalachian League.
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Ken Hubbs appeared in nine games for Fort Worth, with two hits in nine at bats.
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In 1960, Ken Hubbs began the season with the Class A Lancaster Red Roses of the Eastern League, where he hit.
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Ken Hubbs finished 1960 by playing 38 games with the Class AA San Antonio Missions of the Texas League, hitting.
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Ken Hubbs played in 1961 for the Class AA Wenatchee Chiefs of the Northwest League.
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Ken Hubbs led all National League rookies in games, hits, doubles, triples, runs and batting average.
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Ken Hubbs was named the 1962 Rookie of the Year, earning 19 out of 20 votes.
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Ken Hubbs was named the Rookie of the year by The Sporting News, receiving 120 votes.
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Ken Hubbs became the second consecutive Cubs player to win the award, after Billy Williams had won the award in 1961.
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Ken Hubbs led the league in two less desirable categories that season by striking out 129 times and grounding into 20 double plays.
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Ken Hubbs was well liked by his teammates, who included future Hall of Famers Billy Williams, Ernie Banks, Ron Santo and Lou Brock.
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Ken Hubbs decided to challenge a fear of flying head-on by taking flying lessons in the winter between 1963 and 1964, and received his pilot's license in January 1964.
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That night, Ken Hubbs played in a charity basketball game sponsored by Brigham Young University.
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Ken Hubbs attempted to beat the storm, and he and Doyle took off in a red and white Cessna 172 from Provo Airport.
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Ken Hubbs had not filed a flight plan but told airport staff that the pair were heading for Morrow Field near Colton, California.
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Ken Hubbs's funeral was held several days later in his hometown of Colton.
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Ken Hubbs had great talent, great makeup, an amazing will to win.
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Ken Hubbs came from a devout Mormon family and often visited children in hospitals and spoke to church groups.
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Ken Hubbs was awarded the 1959 Los Angeles Examiner Trophy as the “Best All-Around Athlete in Southern California”.
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Since 1964, the Ken Hubbs Award has been given to the best high school male athletes in the greater San Bernardino, California area.
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