This day in baseball: Ken Hubbs passes
Posted: February 13, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Chicago Cubs, history, Ken Hubbs, Major League Baseball, MLB, National League, Rookie of the Year, sports 2 CommentsOn February 13, 1964, Cubs second baseman Ken Hubbs died at the age of 22 when the red and white Cessna 172 plane he was piloting crashed a quarter-mile south of Bird Island in Utah Lake in the midst of a winter storm. Hubbs had taken flying lessons for the previous two off-seasons to overcome his fear of flying, obtaining his license just the previous month. Ken Hubbs had been the1962 NL Rookie of the Year.
Ken Hubbs in 1964 (Wikipedia)
While I think he should be in the Hall of Fame, there were certain players that Bill James always had a bug up his ass about, and Hubbs was one of them. Any references he made to Hubbs were cutting at best.
Fascinating. Hubbs is one of those players I know very little about. I will certainly have to explore this.