Hugh Duffy

Infobox MLB retired
name=Hugh Duffy
position=Outfielder/Manager


birthdate=birth date|1866|11|26
city-state|Cranston|Rhode Island
deathdate=death date and age|1954|10|19|1866|11|26
city-state|Boston|Massachusetts
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=June 23
debutyear=by|1888
debutteam=Chicago White Stockings
finaldate=April 13
finalyear=by|1906
finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Runs batted in
stat3label=Runs scored
stat1value=.324
stat2value=1302
stat3value=1552
teams=As Player
* Chicago White Stockings (by|1888-by|1889)
* Chicago Pirates (by|1890)
* Boston Reds (by|1891)
* Boston Beaneaters (by|1892-by|1900)
* Milwaukee Brewers (by|1901)
* Philadelphia Phillies (by|1904-by|1906)As Manager
* Milwaukee Brewers (by|1901)
* Philadelphia Phillies (by|1904-by|1906)
* Chicago White Sox (by|1910-by|1911)
* Boston Red Sox (by|1921-by|1922)
highlights=
* 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
hofdate=by|1945
hofmethod=Veteran's Committee

Hugh Duffy (November 26, 1866 – October 19, 1954) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player.

Career

He was born in Cranston, Rhode Island. Duffy was a textile mill worker who had taken up baseball as a semipro for weekend diversion. [ Bill Ferber (2007) "A Game of Baseball: The Orioles, The Beaneaters and The Battle For The 1897 Pennant", University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 9780803211360, pg. 36 ] 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. [ George V. Tuohey (1897) "A History of the Boston Base Ball Club", M.F. Quinn & Co, [http://books.google.com/books?id=lNSlQHMV5c0C&pg=PA131&sig=Ks2oDwEsopQyu3SoA07JAQ6Pl3M&dq=hugh+duffy+%221891%22+%22Oliver+Tebeau+tells+this+interesting+story+about+Hugh+Duffy:++The+most+remarkable+play+I+ever+witnessed+was+a+steal+from+second+base+home+on+a+sacrifice+fly+to+the+outfield+by+Hugh+Duffy+in+a+game+against+St.+Louis+in+1891.+%22#PPA130,M1 Excerpt, pg. 130] ]

Duffy entered the National League with Cap Anson's Chicago White Stockings in by|1888 after receiving an offer of $2,000 from the club. Anson initially was unimpressed with the 5'7" 150 pound Duffy telling him, "We already have a batboy." [ Bill Ferber (2007) "A Game of Baseball: The Orioles, The Beaneaters and The Battle For The 1897 Pennant", University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 9780803211360, pg. 37 ] He shortly thereafter earned the reputation of an outstanding outfielder and powerful hitter. Duffy ended up replacing Billy Sunday as the teams's regular right fielder. He switched leagues, joining the American Association's Boston Reds in by|1891; he then returned to the NL with the Boston Beaneaters in by|1892, where he enjoyed his best seasons. Playing in Boston from 1891 until by|1900, Duffy knocked in 100 runs or more 8 times. In by|1894 Duffy had one of the greatest seasons in baseball history, leading the league with 18 home runs, with 145 RBI and a .438 batting average (see Triple crown). Duffy's .438 average is the Major League single season batting average record. 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 by|1906 with 106 home runs which was, at the time, one of the highest career totals ever.

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. [ Louis P. Masur (2003) "Autumn Glory: Baseball's First World Series", Hill and Wang, ISBN 0809027631, pg. 98 ] Duffy went on to coach the Harvard varsity and freshman baseball squads from 1917 through 1919. [cite web|url=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|title=BATTERY MEN AT HARVARD REPORT|date=02-14-19|publisher=The Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=] He also managed the 1920 Toronto Maple Leafs to a .701 winning percentage — the best in the team's 83-year history, but still 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 by|1924 to by|1953. Duffy's Cliff, a famous 10-foot-incline replaced by the Green Monster at Fenway Park‚ was named after Hugh Duffy. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945, and played much of his career with fellow Hall of Famers Jimmy Collins and Kid Nichols.

tatistics

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

ee also

*Triple crown (baseball)
*List of Major League Baseball batting champions
*List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
*List of Major League Baseball home run champions
*List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
*List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions

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