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Hugh Duffy

Outfielder/Manager
Born: November 26, 1866(1866-11-26) Cranston, Rhode Island
Died: October 19, 1954(1954-10-19) (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 23, 1888 for the Chicago White Stockings
Last MLB appearance
April 13, 1906 for the Philadelphia Phillies
Career statistics
Batting average	.324
Home runs	106
Runs batted in	1302
Runs scored	1552
Teams
As Player Chicago White Stockings (1888-1889) Chicago Pirates (1890) Boston Reds (1891) Boston Beaneaters (1892-1900) Milwaukee Brewers (1901) Philadelphia Phillies (1904-1906) As Manager Milwaukee Brewers (1901) Philadelphia Phillies (1904-1906) Chicago White Sox (1910-1911) Boston Red Sox (1921-1922)
Career highlights and awards
NL Triple Crown: 1894 NL batting champion: 1894 NL home run champion:1894, 1897 NL RBI champion: 1894 NL runs scored leader: 1890 NL hits leader: 1890, 1894 NL doubles leader: 1894 Highest Major League batting average ever, .4397; 1894
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1945
Election Method	Veteran's Committee

Hugh Duffy (November 26, 1866 – October 19, 1954) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.

Contents

1 Career
2 Statistics
3 See also
4 Footnotes
5 External links

Career

Duffy, born in Cranston, Rhode Island, was a textile mill worker who had taken up baseball as a semipro for weekend diversion.^[1] He played a couple years of minor league ball in the New England League before jumping to the majors, starting up in the league's initial season of 1886, and playing on clubs in Hartford, Springfield and Salem, as well as the Lowell Massachusetts team in 1887.^[2]

Duffy entered the National League with Cap Anson's Chicago White Stockings in 1888 after receiving an offer of $2,000 from the club. Anson initially was unimpressed with the 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 150 pound Duffy, telling him, "We already have a batboy." ^[3] He shortly thereafter earned the reputation of an outstanding outfielder and powerful hitter. Duffy ended up replacing Billy Sunday as the team's regular right fielder. He switched leagues, joining the American Association's Boston Reds in 1891; he then returned to the NL with the Boston Beaneaters in 1892, where he enjoyed his best seasons.

Playing in Boston from 1891 through 1900, Duffy knocked in 100 runs or more eight times. In 1894 Duffy had one of the greatest seasons in baseball history, leading the league with 18 home runs, with 145 RBI and a .440 batting average (see Triple crown). Duffy's .440 average is the Major League single season batting average record.^[4] He played with two other Hall of Fame outfielders during his career, Tommy McCarthy (as half of the "Heavenly Twins") and Billy Hamilton. Duffy finished his career in 1906 with 106 home runs which was, at the time, one of the highest career totals.

During the 1902 and 1903 seasons, Duffy was player-manager for the Western League's Milwaukee franchise and the following season was hired on as player-manager for the Phillies.^[5] Duffy went on to coach the Harvard varsity and freshman baseball squads from 1917 through 1919.^[6] He also managed the 1920 Toronto Maple Leafs to a .701 winning percentage — the best in the team's 83-year history, but only good enough for second place in the International League. In 1921, Duffy was hired as full-time manager of the Red Sox, guiding them for two seasons. He had previously been player-manager for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1901, the Phillies from 1904 to 1906 and the White Sox from 1910 to 1911.

He later became a scout for the Boston Red Sox from 1924 to 1953. He played much of his career with fellow Hall of Famers Jimmy Collins and Kid Nichols.

Statistics

See:Career Statistics for a complete explanation.

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1,737	7,042	2,282	325	119	106	1,552	1,302	574	662	211	.324	.384	.449

Footnotes

^ Bill Ferber (2007) A Game of Baseball: The Orioles, The Beaneaters and The Battle For The 1897 Pennant, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 978-0-8032-1136-0, pg. 36
^ George V. Tuohey (1897) A History of the Boston Base Ball Club, M.F. Quinn & Co, Excerpt, pg. 130
^ Bill Ferber (2007) A Game of Baseball: The Orioles, The Beaneaters and The Battle For The 1897 Pennant, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 978-0-8032-1136-0, pg. 37
^ Baseball’s Top 100: The Game’s Greatest Records, p.26, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
^ Louis P. Masur (2003) Autumn Glory: Baseball's First World Series, Hill and Wang, ISBN 0-8090-2763-1, pg. 98
^ "BATTERY MEN AT HARVARD REPORT". The Christian Science Monitor. 02-14-19. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/298390512.html?dids=298390512:298390512&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+14%2C+1919&author=Special+to+The+Christian+Science+Monitor&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=BATTERY+MEN+AT+HARVARD+REPORT&pqatl=google.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Hugh Duffy managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
Hugh Duffy at the Baseball Hall of Fame

Accomplishments

Sporting positions
Preceded by Paul Hines	National League Triple Crown 1894	Succeeded by Rogers Hornsby
Preceded by Billy Hamilton	National League Batting Champion 1894	Succeeded by Jesse Burkett
Preceded by Ed Delahanty	National League RBI Champion 1894	Succeeded by Sam Thompson
Preceded by Ed Delahanty Ed Delahanty & Bill Joyce	National League Home Run Champion 1894 1897	Succeeded by Sam Thompson Jimmy Collins
Business positions
Preceded by First Manager	Milwaukee Brewers Managers 1901	Succeeded by Jimmy McAleer
Preceded by Chief Zimmer	Philadelphia Phillies Manager 1904–1906	Succeeded by Billy Murray
Preceded by Billy Sullivan	Chicago White Sox Manager 1910–1911	Succeeded by Nixey Callahan
Preceded by Fred Mitchell	Harvard Head Baseball Coach 1917–1919	Succeeded by Jack Slattery
Preceded by Ed Barrow	Boston Red Sox Manager 1921–1922	Succeeded by Frank Chance

v t e Boston Reds 1891 American Association Champions

Dan Brouthers \| Tom Brown \| Charlie Buffinton \| Bill Daley \| Hugh Duffy \| Duke Farrell \| Clark Griffith \| George Haddock \| Bill Joyce \| Jack McGeachey \| Morgan Murphy \| Cinders O'Brien \| Paul Radford \| Hardy Richardson \| Cub Stricker Manager Arthur Irwin

v t e Boston Beaneaters 1892 National League Champions

Charlie Bennett \| John Clarkson \| Hugh Duffy \| Charlie Ganzel \| King Kelly \| Herman Long \| Bobby Lowe \| Tommy McCarthy \| Billy Nash \| Kid Nichols \| Joe Quinn \| Harry Staley \| Jack Stivetts \| Harry Stovey \| Tommy Tucker Manager Frank Selee

v t e Boston Beaneaters 1893 National League Champions

Charlie Bennett \| Cliff Carroll \| Hugh Duffy \| Charlie Ganzel \| Hank Gastright \| Herman Long \| Bobby Lowe \| Tommy McCarthy \| Bill Merritt \| Billy Nash \| Kid Nichols \| Harry Staley \| Jack Stivetts \| Tommy Tucker Manager Frank Selee

v t e Boston Beaneaters 1897 National League Champions

Bob Allen \| Marty Bergen \| Jimmy Collins \| Hugh Duffy \| Charlie Ganzel \| Billy Hamilton \| Fred Klobedanz \| Ted Lewis \| Herman Long \| Bobby Lowe \| Kid Nichols \| Chick Stahl \| Jack Stivetts \| Jim Sullivan \| Fred Tenney \| George Yeager Manager Frank Selee

v t e Boston Beaneaters 1898 National League Champions

Marty Bergen \| Jimmy Collins \| Hugh Duffy \| Billy Hamilton \| Fred Klobedanz \| Ted Lewis \| Herman Long \| Bobby Lowe \| Kid Nichols \| General Stafford \| Chick Stahl \| Jack Stivetts \| Fred Tenney \| Vic Willis \| George Yeager Manager Frank Selee

National League Batting Title

1876: Barnes
1877: White
1878: Hines
1879: Hines
1880: Gore
1881: Anson
1882: Brouthers
1883: Brouthers
1884: Kelly
1885: Connor
1886: Kelly
1887: Thompson
1888: Anson
1889: Brouthers
1890: Glasscock
1891: Hamilton
1892: Brouthers
1893: Hamilton
1894: Duffy
1895: Burkett
1896: Burkett
1897: Keeler
1898: Keeler
1899: Delahanty
1900: Wagner
1901: Burkett
1902: Beaumont
1903: Wagner
1904: Wagner
1905: Seymour
1906: Wagner
1907: Wagner
1908: Wagner
1909: Wagner
1910: Magee
1911: Wagner
1912: Zimmerman
1913: Daubert
1914: Daubert
1915: Doyle
1916: Chase
1917: Roush
1918: Wheat
1919: Roush
1920: Hornsby
1921: Hornsby
1922: Hornsby
1923: Hornsby
1924: Hornsby
1925: Hornsby
1926: Hargrave
1927: Waner
1928: Hornsby
1929: O'Doul
1930: Terry
1931: Hafey
1932: O'Doul
1933: Klein
1934: Waner
1935: Vaughan
1936: Waner
1937: Medwick
1938: Lombardi
1939: Mize
1940: Garms
1941: Reiser
1942: Lombardi
1943: Musial
1944: D. Walker
1945: Cavarretta
1946: Musial
1947: H. Walker
1948: Musial
1949: Robinson
1950: Musial
1951: Musial
1952: Musial
1953: Furillo
1954: Mays
1955: Ashburn
1956: Aaron
1957: Musial
1958: Ashburn
1959: Aaron
1960: Groat
1961: Clemente
1962: Davis
1963: Davis
1964: Clemente
1965: Clemente
1966: Alou
1967: Clemente
1968: Rose
1969: Rose
1970: Carty
1971: Torre
1972: Williams
1973: Rose
1974: Garr
1975: Madlock
1976: Madlock
1977: Parker
1978: Parker
1979: Hernandez
1980: Buckner
1981: Madlock
1982: Oliver
1983: Madlock
1984: Gwynn
1985: McGee
1986: Raines
1987: Gwynn
1988: Gwynn
1989: Gwynn
1990: McGee
1991: Pendleton
1992: Sheffield
1993: Galarraga
1994: Gwynn
1995: Gwynn
1996: Gwynn
1997: Gwynn
1998: L. Walker
1999: L. Walker
2000: Helton
2001: L. Walker
2002: Bonds
2003: Pujols
2004: Bonds
2005: Lee
2006: Sanchez
2007: Holliday
2008: Jones
2009: Ramírez
2010: González
2011: Reyes

National League Home Run Champions

1876: Hall
1877: Pike
1878: Hines
1879: C. Jones
1880: Stovey & O'Rourke
1881: Brouthers
1882: Wood
1883: Ewing
1884: Williamson
1885: Dalrymple
1886: Brouthers & Richardson
1887: O'Brien
1888: Ryan
1889: Thompson
1890: Burns, Tiernan & Wilmot
1891: Tiernan & Stovey
1892: Holliday
1893: Delahanty
1894: Duffy
1895: Thompson
1896: Joyce & Delahanty
1897: Duffy
1898: J. Collins
1899: Freeman
1900: Long
1901: Crawford
1902: Leach
1903: Sheckard
1904: Lumley
1905: Odwell
1906: Jordan
1907: Brain
1908: Jordan
1909: Murray
1910: Schulte & Beck
1911: Schulte
1912: Zimmerman
1913: Cravath
1914: Cravath
1915: Cravath
1916: C. Williams & Robertson
1917: Cravath & Robertson
1918: Cravath
1919: Cravath
1920: C. Williams
1921: Kelly
1922: Hornsby
1923: C. Williams
1924: Fournier
1925: Hornsby
1926: Wilson
1927: C. Williams & Wilson
1928: Wilson & Bottomley
1929: Klein
1930: Wilson
1931: Klein
1932: Klein & Ott
1933: Klein
1934: Ott & R. Collins
1935: Berger
1936: Ott
1937: Ott & Medwick
1938: Ott
1939: Mize
1940: Mize
1941: Camilli
1942: Ott
1943: Nicholson
1944: Nicholson
1945: Holmes
1946: Kiner
1947: Kiner & Mize
1948: Kiner & Mize
1949: Kiner
1950: Kiner
1951: Kiner
1952: Kiner & Sauer
1953: Mathews
1954: Kluszewski
1955: Mays
1956: Snider
1957: Aaron
1958: Banks
1959: Mathews
1960: Banks
1961: Cepeda
1962: Mays
1963: McCovey & Aaron
1964: Mays
1965: Mays
1966: Aaron
1967: Aaron
1968: McCovey
1969: McCovey
1970: Bench
1971: Stargell
1972: Bench
1973: Stargell
1974: Schmidt
1975: Schmidt
1976: Schmidt
1977: Foster
1978: Foster
1979: Kingman
1980: Schmidt
1981: Schmidt
1982: Kingman
1983: Schmidt
1984: Schmidt & Murphy
1985: Murphy
1986: Schmidt
1987: Dawson
1988: Strawberry
1989: Mitchell
1990: Sandberg
1991: Johnson
1992: McGriff
1993: Bonds
1994: M. Williams
1995: Bichette
1996: Galarraga
1997: Walker
1998: McGwire
1999: McGwire
2000: Sosa
2001: Bonds
2002: Sosa
2003: Thome
2004: Beltré
2005: A. Jones
2006: Howard
2007: Fielder
2008: Howard
2009: Pujols
2010: Pujols
2011: Kemp

v t e Major League Baseball batters who have won the Triple Crown

Ty Cobb Hugh Duffy Jimmie Foxx Lou Gehrig Paul Hines Rogers Hornsby Chuck Klein Nap Lajoie Mickey Mantle Joe Medwick Tip O'Neill Frank Robinson Ted Williams Carl Yastrzemski

v t e Baltimore Orioles managers

Milwaukee Brewers (1901)	Duffy

St. Louis Browns (1902–1953)	McAleer O'Connor Wallace Stovall Austin Rickey Jones Austin Burke Fohl Austin Sisler Howley Killefer Sothoron Hornsby Bottomley Haney Sewell Taylor Ruel Taylor Hornsby Marion

Baltimore Orioles (1954–present)	Dykes Richards Harris Hitchcock Bauer Weaver Altobelli Weaver Ripken Robinson Oates Regan Johnson Miller Hargrove Mazzilli Perlozzo Trembley Samuel Showalter

Philadelphia Phillies managers

v t e Chicago White Sox managers

Griffith Callahan Jones Sullivan Duffy Callahan Rowland Gleason Evers Walsh Collins Schalk Blackburne Bush Fonseca Dykes Lyons Onslow Corriden Richards Marion Lopez Stanky Moss Lopez Gutteridge Adair Tanner Richards Lemon Doby Kessinger La Russa Rader Fregosi Torborg Lamont Bevington Manuel Guillén Cooper Ventura

Harvard Crimson head baseball coaches

Unknown (1865–1899)
E. H. Nichols (1900–1901)
A. V. Galbraith (1902)
Barrett Wendell (1903)
O. G. Frantz (1904)
T. F. Murphy (1905)
P. N. Coburn (1906)
L. P. Pieper (1907–1910)
Frank Sexton (1911–1914)
Percy Haughton (1915)
Fred Mitchell (1916)
No team (1917)
Hugh Duffy (1918–1919)
Jack Slattery (1920–1924)
Eddie Mahan (1925)
Fred Mitchell (1926–1938)
Floyd Stahl (1939–1943)
No team (1944–1946)
Adolph Samborski (1947–1948)
Stuffy McInnis (1949–1954)
Norman Shepard (1955–1968)
Loyal Park (1969–1978)
Alex Nahigia (1979–1990)
Leigh Hogan (1991–1995)
Joe Walsh (1996– )

v t e Boston Red Sox managers

Boston Americans (1901–1907)	J. Collins C. Stahl Young Huff Unglaub McGuire

Boston Red Sox (1908–present)	McGuire Lake Donovan J. Stahl Carrigan Barry Barrow Duffy Chance Fohl Carrigan Wagner S. Collins McManus Harris Cronin McCarthy O'Neill Boudreau Higgins York Jurges Baker Higgins Pesky Herman Runnels D. Williams Popowski Kasko Popowski Johnson Zimmer Pesky Houk McNamara Morgan Hobson Kennedy J. Williams Kerrigan Little Francona Valentine

v t e Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1945

BBWAA Vote	none

Veterans Committee	Roger Bresnahan Dan Brouthers Fred Clarke Jimmy Collins Ed Delahanty Hugh Duffy Hughie Jennings King Kelly Jim O'Rourke Wilbert Robinson

Outfielders inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame

v t e Major League Baseball players who have batted .400 in a season

1876–1899	Ross Barnes Fred Dunlap Tip O'Neill Pete Browning Hugh Duffy Tuck Turner Sam Thompson Ed Delahanty (3) Billy Hamilton Jesse Burkett (2) Hughie Jennings Willie Keeler

1900–1941	Nap Lajoie Ty Cobb (3) Shoeless Joe Jackson George Sisler (2) Rogers Hornsby (3) Harry Heilmann Bill Terry Ted Williams

Persondata
Name	Duffy, Hugh
Alternative names	Sir Hugh
Short description	Major League Baseball player, manager
Date of birth	November 26, 1866
Place of birth	Cranston, Rhode Island
Date of death	October 19, 1954
Place of death	Boston, Massachusetts

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