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Hans Lobert

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b. October 18, 1881 · Pittsburgh Pirates 1903, Chicago Cubs 1905, Cincinnati Reds 1906–1910, Philadelphia Phillies 1911–1914, New York Giants 1915–1917

He staged an exhibition race against a thoroughbred named Dick Coogan before a 1913 spring training game, running the bases while the horse ran alongside on a track laid outside the infield, and it went close enough that reports of the finish still differ. He stole 316 bases across his career and was clocked circling the bases faster than almost anyone of his generation.

Fourteen seasons gave him 1,252 hits, 159 doubles, 82 triples, 640 runs batted in and a .274 average, with 1,000 games at third base. He hit 167 hits and drove in 63 runs for Cincinnati in 1908 and had his best all-around season in 1911 with Philadelphia.

He managed the Phillies for one season in 1942 and coached and scouted for decades afterward, working into his eighties. Four ballots have listed him. He died in 1968, at eighty-six.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
Baseball Magazine All-Star 2 1911, 1914

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1903 PIT 51311 100 0111 .077
1905 CHC 144679 200 1364 .196
1906 CIN 792683983 550 19192520 .310
1907 CIN 14853761132 9121 41374430 .246
1908 CIN 15557071167 17184 63464447 .293
1909 CIN 1224255090 1354 52482630 .212
1910 CIN 933144397 663 4030941 .309
1911 PHI 14754194154 2099 72663140 .285
1912 PHI 652573784 1252 33191313 .327
1913 PHI 15057398172 28117 55423441 .300
1914 PHI 13550583139 2451 52493231 .275
1915 NYG 1063864697 1840 38252414 .251
1916 NYG 4876617 320 11582 .224
1917 NYG 5052410 101 5552 .192
Career 131745636401252 1598232 482395302316 .274

On this day & linked events

1881

Born October 18, 1881

Wilmington, DE, USA

1968

Died September 14, 1968

1903

Major-league debut: Hans Lobert

Hans Lobert made a major-league debut on September 21, 1903.

1917

Final major-league game: Hans Lobert

Hans Lobert played a final major-league game on October 3, 1917.

Image: Hans_Lobert_Joe_Schultz.jpg, public domain