An excerpt from Wikipedia:
Kenneth Douglass Hubbs (December 23, 1941 - February 13, 1964) was an American second baseman who played from 1961 to 1963 for the Chicago Cubs in the National League. He was killed in a plane crash near Provo, Utah prior to the 1964 season.
In his short big-league career, Hubbs was considered to be an excellent fielder but a poor hitter. In 1962, he became the first rookie to win a Gold Glove Award, and set several fielding records. Those achievements helped him win the MLB Rookie of the Year Award that season. At the time of his death, Hubbs was considered to be one of the best second basemen in the game.
And from Baseball Reference:
He was noted for his stellar defense and excellent range and set major league records for consecutive games without an error (78) and consecutive chances accepted (418) without an error. He won a Gold Glove, interrupting a streak by Bill Mazeroski, who had won in 1961 and would win again in 1963 and several times thereafter. While Hubbs' batting average was modest, it was 7 points above the team average. He led the team in triples, and was second on the team in runs scored and doubles.
And from a really terrific post by Gary Fouse:
For an older generation of Cubs fans, Ken's name is recalled with a mixture of fondness and sadness for what might have been. A few years ago, the Cubs and the city of Chicago invited the Hubbs family to a 40th anniversary commemoration of Ken's winning the Rookie of the Year Award. His older brother, Keith, told me in a telephone conversation not long ago of how he and his wife were walking down a Chicago street when they passed a man wearing a White Sox shirt. Keith's wife asked the man why he wasn't wearing a Cubs' shirt. At this point, the man told her that he hated the Cubs and hoped they would lose every game they played. Yet, when he learned that he was in the presence of Ken Hubbs' brother, his tone changed. The man bowed before Keith and told him how much he loved Ken. He added that all White Sox fans, no matter how they hated the Cubs, loved Ken Hubbs.
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