Really interesting guy...
Hoblitzell signed with the Cincinnati Reds in 1908, playing with the team through 1914 and studying dentistry in the offseasons. He was the National League at-bats leader in 1910 and 1911 and Cincinnati's Most Valuable Player in 1911.
With the Red Sox in 1914, he won two consecutive World Series (1915 and 1916). He was often assigned to room with Babe Ruth when the team traveled, as the team's management hoped that Hoblitzell would be a good influence on the rowdy superstar.
Hoblitzell's baseball career was interrupted by his induction into the U.S. Army Dental Corps in 1918, and he never returned to the major leagues.
He later moved to Wood County, West Virginia, where he became the county commissioner in 1942. In 1952, he began a four-year stint as the county sheriff. Though Hoblitzell did not open a dental practice, he performed some dental work for friends at his home.
