 Before playing at catcher for Northwestern High School, his two brothers, Nuel and Charles played behind the plate for the team, starting a streak of nine years of Landriths playing at catcher for the school.Nuel played in the minor leagues for the 1942 and 1946 seasons for the Lamesa Dodgers and Quincy Gems, and Charles also contributed two years in the minor league system, playing from 1948 to 1949 for the Pine Bluff Cardinals and Ogdensburg Maples.After being traded to the Chicago Cubs, Hobie took a winter job as an auto salesman in Detroit, Michigan.