What years did Carl Hubbell play?

Carl Hubbell played in Major League Baseball from 1928 to 1943.

Was Carl Hubbell a pitcher?

Yes. Carl Hubbell pitched in the major leagues, recording 253 wins and 1677 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Carl Hubbell hit?

Carl Hubbell hit 4 career home runs with 246 hits.

What teams did Carl Hubbell play for?

Carl Hubbell played for one team, the New York Giants (1928–1943).

How many MVP awards did Carl Hubbell win?

Carl Hubbell won 2 MVP awards, in 1933 and 1936.

What awards did Carl Hubbell win?

Carl Hubbell won 2 MVP awards (1933 and 1936). He was selected to 9 All-Star Games.

What were Carl Hubbell's career stats?

In 535 games, Carl Hubbell went 253-154 with a 2.98 ERA, 1,677 strikeouts, 3,590.1 innings pitched, and 33 saves. At the plate he had 246 hits and 4 home runs.

What position did Carl Hubbell play?

Carl Hubbell played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Carl Hubbell and how much did he weigh?

Carl Hubbell was listed at 6 feet and 170 pounds.

What was Carl Hubbell's career ERA?

Carl Hubbell finished with a 2.98 career ERA, going 253-154 with 1,677 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Carl Hubbell have?

Carl Hubbell recorded 1,677 career strikeouts.

How many All-Star Games did Carl Hubbell make?

Carl Hubbell was selected to 9 All-Star Games.

Carl Hubbell

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1928-1943)

Carl Hubbell was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1928 to 1943 for the New York Giants, a span of 16 seasons. Across 535 career appearances, he went 253-154 with a 2.98 ERA, 1,677 strikeouts, and 33 saves. He also batted .191 with 4 home runs. Carl Hubbell was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947 and was a 9-time All-Star and a 2-time MVP. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 54753.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1947

W–L 253–154

ERA 2.98

WHIP 1.17

SO 1,677

Pitcher PIV 54753.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 170 lb
Born: 6/22/1903 in Carthage, MO, USA
Died: 11/21/1988 in Scottsdale, AZ, USA
MLB Debut: 1928-07-26
Last Game: 1943-08-24
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1947 (BBWAA)
Awards: 9× All-Star · 2× MVP

Full name: Carl Owen Hubbell

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Career Pitching Statistics

Carl Hubbell — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
253	154	535	431	260	36	33	3590.1	3,461	1,188	227	725	1,677	2.98	54753.4

Career ERA 2.98 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — 29.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Carl Hubbell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1928	NY1	NL	10	6	20	14	8	1	1	124.0	117	39	21	37	2.83	4.13 (+32%)	1025.0
1929	NY1	NL	18	11	39	35	19	1	1	268.0	273	110	67	106	3.69	4.60 (+20%)	2873.5
1930	NY1	NL	17	12	37	32	17	3	2	241.2	263	104	58	117	3.87	4.80 (+19%)	4530.9
1931	NY1	NL	14	12	36	30	21	4	3	248.0	211	73	67	155	2.65	4.10 (+35%)	4038.0
1932	NY1	NL	18	11	40	32	22	0	2	284.0	260	79	40	137	2.50	4.13 (+39%)	4402.2
1933	NY1	NL	23	12	45	33	22	10	5	308.2	256	57	47	156	1.66	3.86 (+57%)	10019.3
1934	NY1	NL	21	12	49	34	25	5	8	313.0	286	80	37	118	2.30	4.29 (+46%)	6224.5
1935	NY1	NL	23	12	42	35	24	1	0	302.2	314	110	49	150	3.27	4.35 (+25%)	3812.6
1936	NY1	NL	26	6	42	34	25	3	3	304.0	265	78	57	123	2.31	4.59 (+50%)	9130.0
1937	NY1	NL	22	8	39	32	18	4	4	261.2	261	93	55	159	3.20	4.34 (+26%)	5474.1
1938	NY1	NL	13	10	24	22	13	1	1	179.0	171	61	33	104	3.07	4.35 (+29%)	3105.4
1939	NY1	NL	11	9	29	18	10	0	2	154.0	150	47	24	62	2.75	4.28 (+36%)	2330.2
1940	NY1	NL	11	12	31	27	11	2	0	214.1	220	87	59	86	3.65	4.21 (+13%)	-942.0
1941	NY1	NL	11	9	26	22	11	1	1	164.0	169	65	53	75	3.57	3.94 (+9%)	1049.9
1942	NY1	NL	11	8	24	20	11	0	0	157.1	158	69	34	61	3.95	3.57 (-11%)	-1200.1
1943	NY1	NL	4	4	12	11	3	0	0	66.0	87	36	24	31	4.91	3.50 (-40%)	-1120.1
Career · 16 seasons			253	154	535	431	260	36	33	3,590.1	3,461	1,188	725	1,677	2.98	—	54,753

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 Batting Statistics

Carl Hubbell — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
535	1,288	95	246	30	2	4	101	1	33	172	.191	.212	.227	.439	-7,877

Career AVG .191 vs. league average .275 across their career seasons — 30.5% below league average.

Career OBP .212 vs. league average .340 across their career seasons — 37.6% below league average.

Career SLG .227 vs. league average .390 across their career seasons — 41.9% below league average.

Career OPS .439 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 39.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Carl Hubbell 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
1928	NY1	NL	20	47	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	11	.106	—	—	—	—	0.0
1929	NY1	NL	39	93	6	12	1	0	0	10	0	2	14	.129	.289 (-55%)	.353 (-58%)	.415 (-66%)	.769 (-63%)	-984.1
1930	NY1	NL	37	86	5	13	3	0	0	3	0	1	13	.151	.293 (-49%)	.354 (-55%)	.429 (-57%)	.784 (-56%)	-826.2
1931	NY1	NL	36	83	9	20	6	0	0	8	0	3	9	.241	.276 (-13%)	.338 (-18%)	.388 (-19%)	.726 (-19%)	-261.2
1932	NY1	NL	40	108	11	26	3	1	1	6	0	2	11	.241	.275 (-12%)	.335 (-24%)	.391 (-20%)	.726 (-22%)	-392.9
1933	NY1	NL	45	109	6	20	2	1	1	12	0	2	18	.183	.270 (-32%)	.329 (-40%)	.377 (-34%)	.707 (-37%)	-648.3
1934	NY1	NL	49	117	9	23	1	0	0	9	0	4	11	.197	.278 (-29%)	.340 (-34%)	.392 (-48%)	.733 (-42%)	-781.7
1935	NY1	NL	42	109	15	26	2	0	1	12	0	5	15	.239	.279 (-15%)	.342 (-21%)	.399 (-29%)	.742 (-25%)	-444.2
1936	NY1	NL	42	110	9	25	1	0	0	8	0	3	14	.227	.283 (-20%)	.349 (-29%)	.404 (-42%)	.753 (-36%)	-648.7
1937	NY1	NL	39	97	4	21	4	0	0	6	0	0	13	.216	.276 (-22%)	.342 (-37%)	.398 (-35%)	.740 (-36%)	-581.5
1938	NY1	NL	24	58	3	9	0	0	0	3	1	1	5	.155	.272 (-43%)	.341 (-50%)	.392 (-60%)	.734 (-56%)	-523.1
1939	NY1	NL	29	53	3	8	1	0	1	6	0	2	3	.151	.274 (-45%)	.342 (-47%)	.393 (-42%)	.735 (-44%)	-390.7
1940	NY1	NL	31	81	5	15	3	0	0	10	0	1	15	.185	.267 (-31%)	.335 (-42%)	.387 (-43%)	.722 (-42%)	-556.7
1941	NY1	NL	26	57	5	8	2	0	0	4	0	1	8	.140	.262 (-46%)	.332 (-53%)	.373 (-53%)	.705 (-53%)	-482.3
1942	NY1	NL	24	60	2	11	0	0	0	2	0	3	10	.183	.253 (-28%)	.323 (-31%)	.349 (-48%)	.672 (-40%)	-355.0
1943	NY1	NL	12	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			535	1,288	95	246	30	2	4	101	1	33	172	.191	—	—	—	—	-7,877

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

Carl Hubbell — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	19	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.211

Playoff Batting by Year

Carl Hubbell — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
1937	WS	NY1	2	6	1	0	1	.000
1936	WS	NY1	2	6	0	2	0	.333
1933	WS	NY1	2	7	0	2	0	.286

Playoff Career Pitching

Carl Hubbell — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	2	6	6	0	50.1	40	10	12	32	1.79

Playoff Pitching by Year

Carl Hubbell — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1937	WS	NY1	1	1	2	2	14.1	12	6	4	7	3.77
1936	WS	NY1	1	1	2	2	16.0	15	4	2	10	2.25
1933	WS	NY1	2	0	2	2	20.0	13	0	6	15	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Carl Hubbell — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	266	621	45	111	3	46	.179
Away	269	666	49	135	1	55	.203

Pitching — Home / Away

Carl Hubbell — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	266	1878.0	1745	614	371	951	2.94
Away	269	1710.2	1716	586	358	731	3.08

Last 10 Games — Batting

Carl Hubbell — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	BB	SO
1943-08-24	NY1	CHC	W	0	0	0	0
1943-08-18	NY1	PIT	W	2	1	0	0
1943-07-28	NY1	PIT	L	2	0	0	0
1943-07-18	NY1	PHI	W	1	1	0	0
1943-07-10	NY1	CHC	L	0	0	0	0
1943-07-02	NY1	STL	L	1	0	0	0
1943-06-26	NY1	BSN	L	2	1	0	0
1943-06-19	NY1	BSN	W	3	1	1	0
1943-06-13	NY1	PHI	W	3	0	0	1
1943-06-05	NY1	PIT	W	3	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Carl Hubbell — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1943-08-24	NY1	CHC	—	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1943-08-18	NY1	PIT	W	9.0	9	2	2	3	5	0
1943-07-28	NY1	PIT	L	4.1	9	5	5	1	3	0
1943-07-18	NY1	PHI	—	3.2	7	4	4	3	2	0
1943-07-10	NY1	CHC	L	3.0	7	4	4	1	1	1
1943-07-02	NY1	STL	L	6.0	9	4	4	1	0	1
1943-06-26	NY1	BSN	L	6.0	10	3	3	1	6	1
1943-06-19	NY1	BSN	W	7.0	6	3	3	6	4	1
1943-06-13	NY1	PHI	W	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	1
1943-06-05	NY1	PIT	W	9.0	1	1	1	4	3	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Carl Hubbell — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	535	0	155	824	33	55

Season-by-Season Fielding

Carl Hubbell — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1928	NY1	P	20	6	40	5	2
1929	NY1	P	39	16	76	1	7
1930	NY1	P	37	12	39	3	3
1931	NY1	P	36	9	38	4	0
1932	NY1	P	40	18	83	4	5
1933	NY1	P	45	23	94	2	5
1934	NY1	P	49	17	82	2	4
1935	NY1	P	42	5	85	1	5
1936	NY1	P	42	14	65	2	7
1937	NY1	P	39	11	47	2	3
1938	NY1	P	24	6	27	0	4
1939	NY1	P	29	2	36	0	1
1940	NY1	P	31	4	52	2	3
1941	NY1	P	26	3	20	1	4
1942	NY1	P	24	6	32	4	0
1943	NY1	P	12	3	8	0	2

Career Games by Position

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Carl Hubbell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	535

Awards & Honors

Carl Hubbell — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P1
1937	TSN All-Star	P
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P1
1936	Most Valuable Player
1936	TSN All-Star	P
1936	TSN Guide MVP
1936	TSN Major League Player of the Year
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2
1935	TSN All-Star	P
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1934	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2
1933	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P1
1933	Most Valuable Player
1933	TSN All-Star	P
1933	TSN Guide MVP
1932	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2
1929	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P4

Award Voting History

Carl Hubbell — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1941	Most Valuable Player	NL	35th	2.0	336	0
1937	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	52.0	80	1
1936	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	60.0	80	6
1935	Most Valuable Player	NL	6th	20.0	80	0
1934	Most Valuable Player	NL	9th	16.0	80	0
1933	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	77.0	80	0

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Carl Hubbell: the record in brief

July 26, 1928 and August 24, 1943 bracket Carl Hubbell's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The team column never changes: it is the New York Giants from 1928 to 1943. Hubbell played primarily as a pitcher and threw left-handed and batted right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on June 22, 1903, in Carthage, MO, USA and a listed size of 170 pounds on a 6-foot-0 frame. The bio records the death on November 21, 1988, in Scottsdale, AZ, USA. Hubbell's full given name, per the bio, is Carl Owen Hubbell.

Hubbell's career pitching line is 253 wins, 154 losses and a 2.98 ERA over 535 appearances. Hubbell had 1,677 strikeouts, 260 complete games, 36 shutouts, and 33 saves. The leagues Hubbell pitched in allowed 4.19 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 29.0% better than average. The best win total was 26, in 1936. 1937 produced Hubbell's most strikeouts, 159.

Frequently Asked Questions about Carl Hubbell

What years did Carl Hubbell play?: Carl Hubbell played in Major League Baseball from 1928 to 1943.
Was Carl Hubbell a pitcher?: Yes. Carl Hubbell pitched in the major leagues, recording 253 wins and 1677 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Carl Hubbell hit?: Carl Hubbell hit 4 career home runs with 246 hits.
Is Carl Hubbell in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Carl Hubbell was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947.
What teams did Carl Hubbell play for?: Carl Hubbell played for one team, the New York Giants (1928–1943).
How many MVP awards did Carl Hubbell win?: Carl Hubbell won 2 MVP awards, in 1933 and 1936.
What awards did Carl Hubbell win?: Carl Hubbell won 2 MVP awards (1933 and 1936). He was selected to 9 All-Star Games.
What were Carl Hubbell's career stats?: In 535 games, Carl Hubbell went 253-154 with a 2.98 ERA, 1,677 strikeouts, 3,590.1 innings pitched, and 33 saves. At the plate he had 246 hits and 4 home runs.
What position did Carl Hubbell play?: Carl Hubbell played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Carl Hubbell and how much did he weigh?: Carl Hubbell was listed at 6 feet and 170 pounds.
What was Carl Hubbell's career ERA?: Carl Hubbell finished with a 2.98 career ERA, going 253-154 with 1,677 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Carl Hubbell have?: Carl Hubbell recorded 1,677 career strikeouts.
How many All-Star Games did Carl Hubbell make?: Carl Hubbell was selected to 9 All-Star Games.