Jesse Hubbard

Right Fielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Jesse Hubbard was a right fielder who played in Major League Baseball for 9 teams, including the Brooklyn Royal Giants. In 314 career games, he hit .291 with 256 hits, 23 home runs, and 132 RBI. He also pitched in 96 games, going 34-41 with a 4.79 ERA. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 1,545.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated

AVG .291
HR 23
RBI 132
H 256
OPS .829
PIV 1,545
Position
Right Fielder
Bats / Throws
L / R
Height / Weight
6'2" / 200 lb
Born
7/18/1895 in Bering, TX, USA
Died
1/14/1982 in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Full name: Jesse James Hubbard

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Jesse Hubbard — Batting
PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
106.0 96.0 20.0 28.0 5.0 1.0 3.0 7.0 8.0 12.0 1.0 .292 .352 .458 .810

Pitching

Jesse Hubbard — Pitching
W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
2 5 6 3 2 0 42.1 60 47 32 5 13 14 6.80 1.72

Career Batting Statistics

Jesse Hubbard — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
314 881 183 256 43 18 23 132 20 102 4 .291 .370 .459 .829 1,545

Career AVG .291 vs. league average .281 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .370 vs. league average .343 across their career seasons — +7.9% above league average.

Career SLG .459 vs. league average .393 across their career seasons — +16.6% above league average.

Career OPS .829 vs. league average .736 across their career seasons — +12.6% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jesse Hubbard Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1919 BRG EAS 7 25 1 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .320 — — — — 0.0
1919 HIL EAS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1919 AC EAS 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 — — — — 0.0
1920 BRG EAS 10 30 1 8 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 .267 — — — — 0.0
1921 BRG EAS 5 12 3 6 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
1922 BRG IND 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 — — — — 0.0
1923 BRG ECL 15 38 8 10 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 .263 — — — — 0.0
1924 BRG ECL 16 29 7 12 4 1 0 7 1 2 1 .414 — — — — 0.0
1925 BRG ECL 23 50 8 12 1 0 2 9 0 2 0 .240 .288 (-17%) .349 (-23%) .407 (-7%) .756 (-14%) -127.1
1926 BRG ECL 25 77 22 25 5 2 3 15 4 10 3 .325 .279 (+16%) .345 (+18%) .390 (+43%) .735 (+31%) 413.2
1927 ACB ECL 75 263 50 69 10 3 8 28 6 34 0 .262 .282 (-7%) .344 (+3%) .392 (+6%) .736 (+4%) 275.7
1928 BBS ECL 28 52 10 16 1 3 1 7 1 9 0 .308 .280 (+10%) .342 (+20%) .395 (+26%) .737 (+23%) 217.9
1928 NLG ECL 2 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 — — — — 217.9
1929 BBS ANL 31 107 33 37 7 5 2 24 2 17 0 .346 .289 (+20%) .353 (+28%) .415 (+35%) .769 (+32%) 657.4
1930 HIL IND 24 73 15 17 4 1 3 12 0 5 0 .233 .293 (-21%) .354 (-20%) .429 (+2%) .784 (-8%) -126.4
1932 NBY IND 7 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
1933 SOX NN2 24 72 15 23 4 2 1 13 3 7 0 .319 .270 (+18%) .329 (+15%) .377 (+25%) .707 (+20%) 234.7
1934 PBG NN2 9 16 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 .125 — — — — 0.0
1935 NBY IND 7 9 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 4 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
Career · 19 seasons 314 881 183 256 43 18 23 132 20 102 4 .291 — — — — 1,763

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Jesse Hubbard — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
34 41 96 72 58 5 3 639.1 693 340 27 229 298 4.79 1609.0

Career ERA 4.79 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 15.9% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jesse Hubbard Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1919 BRG EAS 1 4 5 5 4 0 0 37.0 36 22 17 25 5.35 3.09 (-73%) -14.1
1919 AC EAS 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 4 2 5 4 2.00 3.09 (+35%) 0.0
1920 BRG EAS 3 2 7 7 7 1 0 62.0 56 23 15 41 3.34 3.45 (+3%) 1733.3
1921 BRG EAS 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 27.2 33 12 5 14 3.90 4.02 (+3%) 41.2
1922 BRG IND 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.1 9 6 6 9 6.48 — 0.0
1923 BRG ECL 2 3 9 4 3 0 0 48.1 52 26 19 31 4.84 4.03 (-20%) 209.2
1924 BRG ECL 2 5 8 6 2 0 0 43.1 66 35 9 16 7.27 4.13 (-76%) -152.2
1925 BRG ECL 2 3 5 5 4 0 0 36.2 40 18 18 29 4.42 4.55 (+3%) 978.3
1926 BRG ECL 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 18.0 25 16 12 5 8.00 4.11 (-95%) -833.1
1927 ACB ECL 10 3 17 14 13 1 1 128.2 108 44 48 44 3.08 4.08 (+25%) 531.5
1928 BBS ECL 5 7 15 10 8 1 0 103.2 106 53 33 30 4.60 4.13 (-11%) -930.3
1929 BBS ANL 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5.0 2 0 1 1 0.00 — 0.0
1930 HIL IND 2 4 7 6 5 0 0 50.2 83 44 20 18 7.82 4.80 (-63%) -714.3
1932 NBY IND 2 1 6 3 2 1 1 25.1 28 14 8 9 4.97 4.13 (-21%) 334.9
1933 SOX NN2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 14 9 3 7 7.36 3.86 (-91%) 60.0
1934 PBG NN2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 4.1 7 4 4 4 8.31 — 0.0
1935 NBY IND 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 20.1 24 12 6 11 5.31 4.35 (-22%) 364.6
Career · 17 seasons 34 41 96 72 58 5 3 639.1 693 340 229 298 4.79 — 1,609

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jesse Hubbard — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
7 13 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 .231

Playoff Batting by Year

Jesse Hubbard — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1927 NWS ACB 7 13 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 .231

Playoff Career Pitching

Jesse Hubbard — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 2 3 3 0 15.0 21 13 5 5 7.80

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jesse Hubbard — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1927 NWS ACB 1 2 3 3 0 15.0 21 13 5 5 7.80

Game Log & Splits

Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jesse Hubbard — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Away362100.167

Last 3 Games — Batting

Jesse Hubbard — Last 3 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1929-06-06 BLSNYLL 210000020
1929-06-06 BLSNYLL 311000010
1924-08-03 BRGBLSL 100000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jesse Hubbard — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 10 4 32 0 1 2
OF 168 147 253 15 14 3
P 96 72 27 157 11 5
PH 1 0 0 0 0 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jesse Hubbard — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1919 BRG OF 2 1 1 0 0 0
1919 BRG P 5 5 3 13 0 0
1919 HIL PH 1 0 0 0 0 0
1919 AC OF 1 1 0 0 0 0
1919 AC P 1 1 0 5 0 1
1920 BRG OF 2 2 2 0 0 0
1920 BRG P 7 7 5 12 0 0
1921 BRG P 4 2 0 5 0 0
1922 BRG 1B 1 0 3 0 0 0
1922 BRG P 1 1 0 0 0 0
1923 BRG OF 5 4 5 0 0 0
1923 BRG P 9 4 1 11 2 0
1924 BRG OF 4 2 3 0 0 0
1924 BRG P 8 6 2 14 1 0
1925 BRG 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BRG OF 3 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BRG P 5 5 0 0 0 0
1926 BRG OF 21 20 34 5 3 2
1926 BRG P 3 3 2 2 1 0
1927 ACB OF 57 52 98 8 3 1
1927 ACB P 17 14 5 36 2 0
1928 BBS OF 4 2 0 0 1 0
1928 BBS P 15 10 3 34 3 1
1928 NLG OF 2 2 1 0 0 0
1929 BBS OF 30 29 59 1 3 0
1929 BBS P 1 1 0 1 0 0
1930 HIL OF 16 14 28 0 2 0
1930 HIL P 7 6 4 14 1 3
1932 NBY P 6 3 2 6 1 0
1933 SOX 1B 4 4 29 0 1 2
1933 SOX OF 14 12 17 1 2 0
1933 SOX P 1 1 0 3 0 0
1934 PBG OF 6 5 5 0 0 0
1934 PBG P 2 1 0 0 0 0
1935 NBY OF 1 1 0 0 0 0
1935 NBY P 4 2 0 1 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Jesse Hubbard Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 96
First Base 10
Left Field 40
Center Field 4
Right Field 124

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  5. 87
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Jesse Hubbard: the record in brief

Jesse Hubbard's record on this page is drawn from the season tables, which run from 1919 to 1935. The season rows list, in order, the Brooklyn Royal Giants (1919 to 1926), the Hilldale Club (1919 through 1930), the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1919 through 1927), the Baltimore Black Sox (1928 to 1929), the New York Lincoln Giants (1928), the New York Black Yankees (1932 through 1935), the Baltimore Sox (1933), and the Philadelphia Bacharach Giants (1934). Hubbard played primarily as a right fielder and hit left-handed while throwing right-handed. Born on July 18, 1895, in Bering, TX, USA, Hubbard was listed at 6 feet, 2 inches and 200 pounds. Hubbard's death is recorded on January 14, 1982, in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Hubbard collected 256 hits in 881 at bats across 314 games, good for a .291 batting average, adding 23 homers, 132 RBI, and 20 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .370 clip and slugging .459, Hubbard finished with a .829 OPS.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jesse Hubbard

Was Jesse Hubbard a pitcher?
Both. Jesse Hubbard pitched in 96 games, going 34-41 with a 4.79 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Right Fielder.
How many home runs did Jesse Hubbard hit?
Jesse Hubbard hit 23 career home runs with 256 hits.
What teams did Jesse Hubbard play for?
Jesse Hubbard played for 8 teams: the Brooklyn Royal Giants (1919–1926), the Hilldale Club (1919, 1930), the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1919), the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1927), the Baltimore Sox (1928–1929, 1933), the New York Lincoln Giants (1928), the New York Black Yankees (1932, 1935), and the Philadelphia Bacharach Giants (1934).
What were Jesse Hubbard's career stats?
In 314 games, Jesse Hubbard had 256 hits, 23 home runs, 132 RBI, 183 runs, and 20 stolen bases, with a .291 batting average. As a pitcher, in 96 games, he went 34-41 with a 4.79 ERA, 298 strikeouts, 639.1 innings pitched, and 3 saves.
What position did Jesse Hubbard play?
Jesse Hubbard played primarily as a right fielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jesse Hubbard and how much did he weigh?
Jesse Hubbard was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 200 pounds.
How many home runs did Jesse Hubbard hit each season?
Jesse Hubbard's home runs by season: 0 in 1919, 0 in 1920, 1 in 1921, 0 in 1922, 0 in 1923, 0 in 1924, 2 in 1925, 3 in 1926, 8 in 1927, 1 in 1928, 2 in 1929, 3 in 1930, 0 in 1932, 1 in 1933, 1 in 1934, and 1 in 1935. His most in one season was 8, in 1927.
What was Jesse Hubbard's career batting average?
Jesse Hubbard batted .291 over his career, with 256 hits in 881 at bats.
How many RBI did Jesse Hubbard have?
Jesse Hubbard drove in 132 runs in his career.
What was Jesse Hubbard's career ERA?
Jesse Hubbard finished with a 4.79 career ERA, going 34-41 with 298 strikeouts.
Is Jesse Hubbard in the Hall of Fame?
No. Jesse Hubbard has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.