Ken Hubbs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1941
Place of Birth: Riverside, California, United States
Date of Death: 15-Feb-1964
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Ken Hubbs
- Kenneth Douglass Hubbs (December 23, 1941 – February 13, 1964) was an American professional baseball player.
- He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs from 1961 to 1963.
- At 20 years of age, Hubbs was named the 1962 NL Rookie of the Year and became the first rookie in baseball history to win a Gold Glove Award.
- Hubbs was killed at age 22 when the private plane he was piloting crashed near Provo, Utah prior to the 1964 season. In his short big-league career he was an excellent fielder, already earning a Gold Glove Award; assessments of his hitting were more mixed, as he was still developing as a hitter.
- In 1962, becoming the first rookie in baseball history to win a Gold Glove Award, Hubbs set several fielding records and convincingly won the 1962 National League Rookie of the Year Award.
- At the time of his death, Hubbs was among the best defensive second basemen in the game.
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