Stobbs is notable for being the pitcher who gave up an estimated 565-foot home run to Mickey Mantle that flew entirely out of Griffith Stadium in 1953.

[1] Stobbs, a native of West Virginia, spent his early years in Springfield, Ohio and Vero Beach, Florida.

[2] As a teenager his family moved to Norfolk, Virginia, where his father took a coaching job at Granby High School.

[3] He led the Granby High School football team to three consecutive state championships and was named all-state quarterback three times.

[2] In 1947, Stobbs was named by The Washington Post as one of the "greatest athletes to be developed in the Virginia high schools during recent years".

After leaving professional baseball, Stobbs spent a brief time as an insurance salesman and a coach at George Washington University.