Trenidad Hubbard
{{short description|American baseball player (born 1964)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Trenidad Hubbard
|position=Outfielder
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1964|5|11}}
|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 7
|debutyear=1994
|debutteam=Colorado Rockies
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 27
|finalyear=2003
|finalteam=Chicago Cubs
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.257
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=16
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=72
|teams=
- Colorado Rockies ({{mlby|1994}}–{{mlby|1996}})
- San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1996}})
- Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1997}})
- Los Angeles Dodgers ({{mlby|1998}}–{{mlby|1999}})
- Atlanta Braves ({{mlby|2000}})
- Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|2000}})
- Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|2001}})
- San Diego Padres ({{mlby|2002}})
- Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|2003}})
}}
Trenidad Aviel Hubbard (born Trent Hubbard[https://web.archive.org/web/20070809014459/http://www.astroland.net/astrolandhnojs.html], May 11, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball journeyman outfielder. He is an alumnus of Southern University and A&M College.
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 1986 MLB amateur draft, Hubbard made his major league debut with the Colorado Rockies on July 7, 1994, at age 30. He had two plate appearances for the Rockies in the 1995 National League division playoffs.
After signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent on Dec. 3, 1997, Hubbard had his best season in the majors. Appearing in 94 games, he hit .298 with nine stolen bases and seven home runs.
He finished his MLB career with 196 hits and a batting average of .257.
Spending parts of 19 seasons in the minor leagues, Hubbard put up some impressive numbers with 1,864 hits in the minors and a batting average of .302.
Hubbard was usually an outfielder, and occasionally an infielder. In one game against Seattle in 1999, he played the last three innings at catcher after a brawl injured Angel Pena and led to the ejection of Todd Hundley.{{cite news |title=There's Still Some Punch Left in Dodgers |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-12-sp-55207-story.html |newspaper=LA Times |date=July 12, 1999 |access-date=12 January 2025}}
Hubbard last played professional baseball in 2005, when he split the season among three class AAA teams, the Durham Bulls, Round Rock Express, and Iowa Cubs. He is a graduate of South Shore High School in Chicago.
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|br=h/hubbatr01|brm=hubbar001tre}}
- [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phubbt001.htm Retrosheet]
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