Hub Northen

{{Short description|American baseball player (1886–1947)}}

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|image=Hub northen.jpg

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|name=Hub Northern

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1886|8|16}}

|birth_place=Atlanta, Texas

|death_date={{death date and age|1947|10|1|1886|8|16}}

|death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana

|debutleague = Cotton States League

|debutdate=

|debutyear={{mlby|1908}}

|debutteam=Monroe Municipals

|finalleague = East Texas League

|finaldate=

|finalyear={{mlby|1924}}

|finalteam=Texarkana Twins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.272

|stat2label=Runs

|stat2value=76

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=159

|teams=

• Monroe Municipals ({{mlby|1908}})
• Little Rock Travelers ({{mlby|1908}})
• Houston Buffaloes ({{mlby|1909}}), ({{mlby|1910}}), ({{mlby|1916}}), ({{mlby|1917}})
• Fort Worth Panthers ({{mlby|1909}})
• Waco Navigators ({{mlby|1909}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1910}})
• Chattanooga Lookouts ({{mlby|1911}})
• Toronto ({{mlby|1911}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1911}})
• Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1911}}) – ({{mlby|1912}})
• Newark Indians ({{mlby|1913}})
• Jersey City Skeeters ({{mlby|1913}})
• New Orleans Pelicans ({{mlby|1914}})
• Mobile Sea Gulls({{mlby|1914}}) – ({{mlby|1915}})
• San Antonio Bronchos ({{mlby|1918}}) – ({{mlby|1920}}), ({{mlby|1922}})
• Mexia Gushers ({{mlby|1923}})
• Texarkana Twins ({{mlby|1924}})

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Hubbard Edwin Northen (August 16, 1886 – October 1, 1947) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1910 through 1912 for the St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/northhu01.shtml|title=Hub Northen|work=Baseball Reference|accessdate=5 February 2018}}

Besides, Northen played at Minor League level in all or parts of 16 seasons spanning 1907–1924.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=northe001hub "Hub Northen"]. Baseball Reference Minors. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

Northeen was the Dodgers regular center fielder in the 1912 season before being replaced with Casey Stengel when Northen became ill.{{cite book|editor=John P. Carmichael|title=My Greatest Day in Baseball|year=1996|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=9780803263680|page=[https://archive.org/details/mygreatestdayinb0000unse_s0p9/page/200 200]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/mygreatestdayinb0000unse_s0p9/page/200}}

In 164 major league games over three seasons, Northern posted a .272 batting average (159-for-584) with 76 runs, 3 home runs and 63 RBIs. He finished his career with a .939 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions.

After his retirement as an active player, Northen worked as a scout for various baseball teams, including the Chicago White Sox{{cite book|editor=Joseph Wancho|title=Pitching to the Pennant: The 1954 Cleveland Indians|year=2014|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0803245877}} and the Shreveport Sports of the Texas League.{{cite news|title=Sweetwater to Work With Shreveport|last=staff|date=January 8, 1947|work=Abilene Reporter-News}}