Baseball Honors
| Carl Hubbell's number 11 was retired by the New York Giants#Retired numbers|San Francisco Giants|New York Giants in 1944. |
Hubbell was a 9-time All-Star, having been honored each year from 1933 to 1938 and then again from 1940 to 1942. In 1999, he ranked number 45 on the The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Hubbell was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947. He was the first NL player to have his number (11) retired. His number is posted on the facing of the upper deck in the left field corner at AT&T Park.
Hubbell was the subject of the poem "Line-Up for Yesterday" by Ogden Nash:
Hubbell appeared as himself in the movie Big Leaguer
Line-Up for YesterdayU would be 'Ubbell
If Carl were a Cockney;
We say Hubbell and baseball
Like football and Rockne.
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