He also pitched four years of college baseball at the University of Michigan from 1884 to 1887 and played briefly for the Hamilton Clippers of the International League in 1886.

[1] In the fall of 1883, he enrolled at the University of Michigan as part of the first class of six students in the mechanical engineering program.

[1] Between July 31 and August 2, 1884, Hibbard played in two games for the Chicago White Stockings of the National League, compiling a record of one win and one loss and an earned run average of 2.65.

[2] He also appeared in three games for the Hamilton Clippers of the International League in 1886, compiling a record of two wins and one loss and an earned run average of 2.00.

In July 1904, McClure's Magazine wrote:"The Chicago Metal Trades Association is an organization of more than one hundred manufacturers, employing 15,000 men.

Mr. Hibbard is the genius of the association, a man of enthusiasm and earnestness, a graduate of the University of Michigan, with a training in fair play on the college ball field.

"[1]Hibbard was an opponent of unionism and went through "no fewer than seventeen strikes in as many years" at The John Davis Co.[1] The American Employer noted that, in 1904, as president of the Chicago branch of the National Metals Trade Association, Hibbard "successfully fought a stubborn strike of machinists.

From 1909 to 1912, he was the president of the North American Securities Co.[5][6] In 1913, Hibbard was appointed as the commissioner of the National Metals Trade Association, a trade association of companies employing machinists, polishers, pattern makers and other machine shop workers.

"[7] He testified that the preliminary purpose of the organization, and the reason for its existence, was mutual protection in labor disputes.

At the time of the 1930 United States Census, he was living in a house valued at $50,000 at 1805 Fuller Avenue in Hollywood.