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Ty Cobb League
4-3-2084
Hugh Isbell Third Base
Retired (1970, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .216 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .585 Status Deceased (2005) Option Years 0  
H 591 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 10-16-1934
HR 65 Drafted Round 2, Pick 30
(1954)
Majors Svc Time 6 years
(121 games)
RBI 285
SB 55
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C- Endurance D-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B D+ (27.2%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 2
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1958 BAL-MIL-CHA
119
405
42
82
7
2
8
30
22
101 0 2
11
10 10
.531
.242
.289
.086
.202
1959 CHA
110
406
28
86
12
2
6
35
20
91 2 3
11
6 1
.546
.251
.296
.084
.212
1960 CHA
131
450
46
117
14
6
9
50
23
93 1 4
14
5 3
.673
.295
.378
.118
.260
1961 CHA
92
254
22
53
3
0
9
31
15
55 0 3
4
5 10
.577
.250
.327
.118
.209
1962 CHA
49
116
10
28
5
0
3
16
5
17 1 0
1
3 0
.641
.279
.362
.121
.241
1963 CHA-CIN-NYA-CHN-NYA
83
113
11
19
3
0
2
7
11
32 1 0
3
1 1
.496
.248
.248
.080
.168
1964 NYA-CLE
54
116
8
25
2
1
1
10
3
27 2 3
1
0 2
.518
.242
.276
.060
.216
1965 CLE
111
296
26
58
6
2
6
31
24
58 2 1
1
0 2
.551
.260
.291
.095
.196
1966 CLE
92
180
13
25
3
0
5
19
14
40 1 1
0
0 0
.443
.204
.239
.100
.139
1967 CLE
124
163
17
38
6
1
6
16
12
41 1 2
0
0 0
.679
.287
.393
.160
.233
1968 CLE-CHN
61
78
12
21
0
1
4
12
5
18 0 1
4
1 3
.758
.310
.449
.179
.269
1969 CHN
51
151
21
36
5
2
5
26
13
26 0 0
4
0 2
.696
.299
.397
.159
.238
1970 CHN-NYN
6
14
2
3
0
0
1
2
3
1 0 0
1
0 0
.782
.353
.429
.214
.214
Total
1083
2742
258
591
66
17
65
285
170
600 11 20
55
31 34
.585
.262
.323
.108
.216
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Hugh Isbell has retired from the New York BLUE BOMBERS
1970-09-28The New York BLUE BOMBERS have designated Hugh Isbell for assignment.
1970-09-21The New York BLUE BOMBERS have promoted Hugh Isbell to the major league team. The New York BLUE BOMBERS have designated Kevin Watson for assignment.
1970-09-17The New York BLUE BOMBERS have acquired Hugh Isbell from the waiver wire. The New York BLUE BOMBERS have waived Jerry Goodman.
1970-05-09The Chicago Cubs have waived Hugh Isbell.
1970-04-01The Chicago Cubs have promoted Bob Anderson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have designated Hugh Isbell for assignment.
1968-04-05The Chicago Cubs have acquired Hugh Isbell from the waiver wire.
1968-04-01The Cleveland Crew have promoted Jake Gebhard to the major league team. The Cleveland Crew have designated Hugh Isbell for assignment.
1964-04-11A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Longhorns and the New York Creatures. The New York Creatures receive Johnny Edwards, Jackie Slaught, Earl Ritchie (Optioned), Scott Knetzer from the Cleveland Longhorns in exchange for Ramon Espinoza, Hugh Isbell, Gary Lasky.
1963-09-18The New York Creatures have acquired Hugh Isbell from the waiver wire.
1963-09-14The Chicago Cubs have designated Hugh Isbell for assignment.
1963-08-17The Chicago Cubs have re-claimed Hugh Isbell from the waiver wire.
1963-08-17The Chicago Cubs have sent Art Bejma to the minors. The Chicago Cubs have designated Hugh Isbell for assignment.
1963-07-26The Chicago Cubs have acquired Hugh Isbell from the waiver wire.
1963-07-22The New York Creatures have promoted Alex Gonzales to the major league team. The New York Creatures have promoted Bill Keefe to the major league team. The New York Creatures have promoted Ben Stansbury to the major league team. The New York Creatures have designated Omid Nourizadeh for assignment. The New York Creatures have designated Hugh Isbell for assignment. The New York Creatures have designated Ed "Clutch" Hitt for assignment.
1963-07-19The New York Creatures have acquired Hugh Isbell from the waiver wire.
1963-07-15The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Guillermo Kolb to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Tom Jones to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Bubba Nelson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have sent Dickey Herbel to the minors. The Cincinnati Reds have sent Ross Budaska to the minors. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Hugh Isbell for assignment.
1963-05-09The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Hugh Isbell to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Don Leber to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Jim Holloway to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have sent Dutch Holmes to the minors. The Cincinnati Reds have sent Otto Wilson to the minors. The Cincinnati Reds have sent Dick Ward to the minors.
1963-05-09A trade has been completed between the Chicago Pale Hose and the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds receive Ross Budaska, Hugh Isbell from the Chicago Pale Hose in exchange for Russ Walker.
1962-10-19The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Tom Roman to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Hugh Isbell to the minors.
1962-09-20The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Hugh Isbell to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Dino Deshields to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Ron Karkovice to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Boardwalk Goodell to the minors.
1962-09-14The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Luis Stigman to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Ross Budaska to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Tom Roman to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Boardwalk Goodell to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Tex Munger to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Vinnie Hill to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Andy Pena to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Ted Lyons to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Thornton Lee to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Dino Deshields to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Jose Barrio to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Jack Johnson to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Hugh Isbell to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Bob Byrne to the minors.
1961-10-03The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Jack Johnson to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Lamar Hoyt to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Bob Byrne to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Dino Deshields to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Hugh Isbell to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Fielder Jones to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Hank Dietrich to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Joe Hudlin to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Tom Roman to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Shinjo to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Tommy McCraw to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Tommy Kelsey to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Johnny Jaster to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Dolan Rineer to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Luis Stigman to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Charlie Dunn to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Mickey Caneira to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Boardwalk Goodell to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Tex Munger to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Johnny Mostil to the minors.
1961-09-28The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Mickey Caneira to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Boardwalk Goodell to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Johnny Mostil to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Ron Gregory to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Tommy McCraw to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Hugh Isbell to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Dino Deshields to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Shinjo to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Bob Savidge to the minors. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Joe Hudlin to the minors.
1961-04-01The Chicago Pale Hose have renamed Hugh Hill to Hugh Isbell.
1958-06-20A trade has been completed between the Chicago Garfs Gang and the Milwaukee Monarchs. The Milwaukee Monarchs receive General Levan, Don Leber from the Chicago Garfs Gang in exchange for Hugh Hill, Rich Borgelas.
1958-03-03A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Monarchs and the Baltimore Roosters. The Baltimore Roosters receive Chico Boyd, Buddy Falsey, Gene Buhner, Clemente Green from the Milwaukee Monarchs in exchange for Frank Decker, Hugh Hill, Vicente Eckert.