Chuck Stobbs Trades and Transactions

The Chuck Stobbs trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Chuck Stobbs has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"He (Chuck Stobbs) always told me that he threw just as hard in '61 as he did in '47; it just didn’t get there as fast." - Charley Stobbs (Son, The Herald Tribune, Chad Brockhoff, 07/13/2008)

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Chuck Stobbs

Chuck Stobbs Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#89)

Chuck Stobbs Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#89)
 

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Birth Name:   Charles Klein Stobbs
Nickname:   Chuck
Born On:   07-02-1929  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Wheeling, West Virginia
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-11-2008
Place of Death Data Died In:   Sarasota, Florida
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Granby High School (Norfolk, VA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-15-1947 (Age 18)
Last Game:   08-12-1961
Draft:   Not Applicable
Chuck Stobbs

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1947: Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox.
11-13-1951: Traded by Boston Red Sox (with Mel Hoderlein) to Chicago White Sox for Randy Gumpert and Don Lenhardt.
12-10-1952: Traded by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators for Mike Fornieles.
07-09-1958: Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Washington Senators.
01-21-1959: Released by St. Louis Cardinals.
04-03-1959: Signed by Washington Senators.
10-09-1961: Released by Minnesota Twins.


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Baseball trades & transactions, like the Chuck Stobbs trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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