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Hugh Duffy
Hugh Duffy (Sir Hugh)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 168 lb.

Debut June 23, 1888
Final Game April 13, 1906
Born November 26, 1866 in Cranston, RI
Died October 19, 1954 in Boston, MA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1945.

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 21 CHC NL  71  298   60   84  10  4   7   41  13      9  32  .282  .305  .413  120  123               1    
 1889 22 CHC NL 136  584  144  172  21  7  12   89  52     46  30  .295  .348  .416  109  243               2    
 1890 23 CHI PL 138  596  161  191  36 16   7   82  78     59  20  .320  .384  .470  123  280               2    
 1891 24 BOS AA 127  536  134  180  20  8   9  110  85     61  29  .336  .408  .453  143  243               4    
 1892 25 BSN NL 147  612  125  184  28 12   5   81  51     60  37  .301  .364  .410  125  251               1    
 1893 26 BSN NL 131  560  147  203  23  7   6  118  44     50  13  .363  .416  .461  125  258               1    
 1894 27 BSN NL 125  539  160  237  51 16  18  145  48     66  15  .440  .502  .694  172  374               1    
 1895 28 BSN NL 130  531  110  187  30  6   9  100  42     63  16  .352  .425  .482  129  256  16           4    
 1896 29 BSN NL 131  527   97  158  16  8   5  113  39     52  19  .300  .365  .389   94  205  20           2    
 1897 30 BSN NL 134  550  130  187  25 10  11  129  41     52      .340  .403  .482  127  265  13           6    
 1898 31 BSN NL 152  568   97  169  13  3   8  108  29     59      .298  .365  .373  107  212  17           1    
 1899 32 BSN NL 147  588  103  164  29  7   5  102  26     39      .279  .327  .378   86  222  11           3    
 1900 33 BSN NL  55  181   27   55   5  4   2   31  11     16      .304  .360  .409  102   74   5           0    
 1901 34 MLA AL  79  285   40   86  15  9   2   45  12     16      .302  .341  .439  120  125  12           1    
 1904 37 PHI NL  18   46   10   13   1  1   0    5   3     13      .283  .441  .348  145   16   0           0    
 1905 38 PHI NL  15   40    7   12   2  1   0    3   0      1      .300  .317  .400  117   16   0           0    
 1906 39 PHI NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7042      2282    119     1302      0     211  .324  .384  .449  122       94   0   0  29   0
               1737      1552      325    106      574    662                            3163
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        657  145  213  30 11  10  121  54  0  62  20  .324  .384  .449  122  295   9   0   0   3   0
 Career High    152  612  161  237  51 16  18  145  85  0  66  37  .440  .502  .694  172  374  20   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 21 CHC NL  308  214   37   4.6    77| .282  .254| .305  .302| .413  .347| .718  .649| 120  .649   6.0   0.7     
 1889 22 CHC NL  632  412   84   5.4   100| .295  .278| .348  .350| .416  .380| .764  .731| 109  .599   4.8   0.5     
 1890 23 CHI PL  657  405  107   6.9   108| .320  .286| .384  .365| .470  .398| .854  .763| 123  .659  18.6   1.8     
 1891 24 BOS AA  601  356   98   7.2    94| .336  .266| .408  .350| .453  .359| .861  .709| 143  .742  30.4   3.1     
 1892 25 BSN NL  673  428   91   5.6    88| .301  .261| .364  .336| .410  .350| .774  .686| 125  .686  19.3   2.1     
 1893 26 BSN NL  611  357  107   7.9   113| .363  .296| .416  .375| .461  .402| .877  .777| 125  .707  20.7   1.9     
 1894 27 BSN NL  606  302  187  16.1   138| .440  .332| .502  .405| .694  .468|1.196  .873| 172  .860  67.0   5.6     
 1895 28 BSN NL  614  360  108   7.8   116| .352  .309| .425  .376| .482  .417| .907  .792| 129  .679  25.0   2.3     
 1896 29 BSN NL  601  389   74   5.0   112| .300  .305| .365  .371| .389  .407| .754  .778|  94  .511  -5.2  -0.5     
 1897 30 BSN NL  621  376  105   7.2   112| .340  .306| .403  .371| .482  .407| .885  .778| 127  .680  21.4   2.0     
 1898 31 BSN NL  645  416   77   4.8    95| .298  .284| .365  .349| .373  .364| .738  .713| 107  .590   5.7   0.6     
 1899 32 BSN NL  641  435   72   4.3   107| .279  .301| .327  .364| .378  .392| .705  .756|  86  .497 -13.1  -1.3     
 1900 33 BSN NL  202  131   27   5.4   108| .304  .301| .360  .364| .409  .397| .769  .761| 102  .605   0.0   0.0     
 1901 34 MLA AL  314  211   42   5.2    93| .302  .278| .341  .334| .439  .373| .780  .707| 120  .584   6.6   0.7     
 1904 37 PHI NL   59   33    7   5.6    77| .283  .256| .441  .315| .348  .331| .789  .646| 145  .725   3.6   0.4     
 1905 38 PHI NL   41   28    5   4.8    81| .300  .260| .317  .321| .400  .339| .717  .660| 117  .633   0.6   0.1     
 1906 39 PHI NL    1    1    0   0.0    76| .000  .253| .000  .320| .000  .322| .000  .642|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     7827 4854 1228   6.6   105| .324  .290| .384  .360| .449  .391| .833  .751| 122  .668 211.2  20.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1888 21 CHC NL OF 67 103 19 12 5 .910 .906 1.82 1.90 3 0 64 SS 3 1 9 3 0 .769 .877 3.33 4.47 3B 1 3 2 2 0 .714 .877 5.00 3.10 1889 22 CHC NL OF 126 184 19 24 2 .894 .910 1.61 1.97 0 0 126 SS 10 3 27 8 2 .789 .888 3.00 4.87 1890 23 CHI PL OF 137 255 34 26 5 .917 .904 2.11 2.06 0 17 120 1891 24 BOS AA OF 124 166 23 17 3 .917 .907 1.52 1.83 7 2 118 3B 3 10 5 0 0 1.000 .872 5.00 3.57 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1892 25 BSN NL OF 146 259 17 17 4 .942 .912 1.89 1.86 0 146 0 3B 2 0 2 3 0 .400 .870 1.00 3.55 1893 26 BSN NL OF 131 313 15 16 6 .953 .915 2.50 2.14 0 128 3 1894 27 BSN NL OF 124 315 27 27 5 .927 .915 2.76 2.24 4 121 0 SS 2 4 6 4 0 .714 .901 5.00 5.60 1895 28 BSN NL OF 130 322 20 20 7 .945 .917 2.63 2.14 0 130 0 1896 29 BSN NL OF 120 250 15 12 2 .957 .933 2.21 2.12 114 6 0 2B 9 15 27 5 1 .894 .940 4.67 5.41 SS 2 2 11 1 2 .929 .903 6.50 5.50 1897 30 BSN NL OF 129 266 12 7 2 .975 .935 2.16 2.06 129 0 0 2B 6 9 10 1 0 .950 .936 3.17 5.53 SS 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 .909 3.00 5.65 1898 31 BSN NL OF 152 332 18 16 2 .956 .937 2.30 2.03 115 39 0 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.10 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.40 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0 1899 32 BSN NL OF 147 344 9 11 1 .970 .944 2.40 2.11 138 8 1 1900 33 BSN NL OF 49 107 5 5 2 .957 .940 2.29 2.13 44 5 0 2B 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.20 1901 34 MLA AL OF 77 141 5 5 0 .967 .931 1.90 2.00 12 65 0 1904 37 PHI NL OF 14 16 1 3 0 .850 .944 1.21 1.86 8 6 0 1905 38 PHI NL OF 8 19 1 2 0 .909 .957 2.50 1.93 0 3 5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1898 31 BSN NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.10 1896 29 BSN NL 2B 9 15 27 5 1 .894 .940 4.67 5.41 1897 30 BSN NL 2B 6 9 10 1 0 .950 .936 3.17 5.53 1900 33 BSN NL 2B 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.20 1888 21 CHC NL 3B 1 3 2 2 0 .714 .877 5.00 3.10 1891 24 BOS AA 3B 3 10 5 0 0 1.000 .872 5.00 3.57 1892 25 BSN NL 3B 2 0 2 3 0 .400 .870 1.00 3.55 1898 31 BSN NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.40 1898 31 BSN NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0 1888 21 CHC NL OF 67 103 19 12 5 .910 .906 1.82 1.90 3 0 64 1889 22 CHC NL OF 126 184 19 24 2 .894 .910 1.61 1.97 0 0 126 1890 23 CHI PL OF 137 255 34 26 5 .917 .904 2.11 2.06 0 17 120 1891 24 BOS AA OF 124 166 23 17 3 .917 .907 1.52 1.83 7 2 118 1892 25 BSN NL OF 146 259 17 17 4 .942 .912 1.89 1.86 0 146 0 1893 26 BSN NL OF 131 313 15 16 6 .953 .915 2.50 2.14 0 128 3 1894 27 BSN NL OF 124 315 27 27 5 .927 .915 2.76 2.24 4 121 0 1895 28 BSN NL OF 130 322 20 20 7 .945 .917 2.63 2.14 0 130 0 1896 29 BSN NL OF 120 250 15 12 2 .957 .933 2.21 2.12 114 6 0 1897 30 BSN NL OF 129 266 12 7 2 .975 .935 2.16 2.06 129 0 0 1898 31 BSN NL OF 152 332 18 16 2 .956 .937 2.30 2.03 115 39 0 1899 32 BSN NL OF 147 344 9 11 1 .970 .944 2.40 2.11 138 8 1 1900 33 BSN NL OF 49 107 5 5 2 .957 .940 2.29 2.13 44 5 0 1901 34 MLA AL OF 77 141 5 5 0 .967 .931 1.90 2.00 12 65 0 1904 37 PHI NL OF 14 16 1 3 0 .850 .944 1.21 1.86 8 6 0 1905 38 PHI NL OF 8 19 1 2 0 .909 .957 2.50 1.93 0 3 5 1888 21 CHC NL SS 3 1 9 3 0 .769 .877 3.33 4.47 1889 22 CHC NL SS 10 3 27 8 2 .789 .888 3.00 4.87 1891 24 BOS AA SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1894 27 BSN NL SS 2 4 6 4 0 .714 .901 5.00 5.60 1896 29 BSN NL SS 2 2 11 1 2 .929 .903 6.50 5.50 1897 30 BSN NL SS 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 .909 3.00 5.65
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1681 3392 240 220 46 .943 .922 2.16 2.04 574 676 437 SS 20 12 57 16 5 .812 .893 3.45 5.03 2B 16 26 39 6 1 .915 .938 4.06 5.44 3B 7 13 9 5 0 .815 .873 3.14 3.47 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.10 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1726 3445 345 247 52 .939 .922 2.20 2.12
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    BSN CLV     W   6  26   3  12  3  2  1   9   1   0  .462  .481  .846   3                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1894-NL-Triple Crown

Batting Average
1891 AA-.336-2
1892 NL-.301-9
1893 NL-.363-4
1894 NL-.440-1
Car-.324-45

On-base %
1891 AA-.408-5
1894 NL-.502-3

Slugging %
1891 AA-.453-7
1894 NL-.694-1

OPS
1891 AA-.861-5
1894 NL-1.196-1

Games
1889 NL-136-1
1890 PL-138-1
1893 NL-131-10
1897 NL-134-4
1898 NL-152-5

At Bats
1889 NL-584-1
1890 PL-596-1
1892 NL-612-10
1893 NL-560-8
1897 NL-550-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1889 NL-632-2
1890 PL-657-1
1894 NL-606-10
1895 NL-614-8
1897 NL-621-6

Runs
1889 NL-144-2
1890 PL-161-1
1891 AA-134-4
1892 NL-125-3
1893 NL-147-2
1894 NL-160-4
1897 NL-130-6
Car-1552-48

Hits
1889 NL-172-4
1890 PL-191-1
1891 AA-180-2
1892 NL-184-3
1893 NL-203-3
1894 NL-237-1
1897 NL-187-8

Total Bases
1889 NL-243-7
1890 PL-280-2
1891 AA-243-4
1892 NL-251-5
1893 NL-258-5
1894 NL-374-1
1897 NL-265-5

Doubles
1890 PL-36-4
1892 NL-28-6
1894 NL-51-1
1899 NL-29-5

Triples
1890 PL-16-6
Car-119-98

Home Runs
1889 NL-12-5
1891 AA-9-8
1894 NL-18-1
1895 NL-9-10
1897 NL-11-1
1898 NL-8-6

RBI
1889 NL-89-9
1891 AA-110-1
1893 NL-118-7
1894 NL-145-1
1896 NL-113-3
1897 NL-129-3
1898 NL-108-4
1899 NL-102-6
Car-1302-97

Stolen Bases
1889 NL-52-7
1890 PL-78-3
1891 AA-85-2
1894 NL-48-9
Car-574-22

Singles
1889 NL-132-3
1890 PL-132-4
1891 AA-143-2
1892 NL-139-5
1893 NL-167-1
1894 NL-152-5
1895 NL-142-9
Car-1732-100

Adjusted OPS+
1891 AA-143-5
1894 NL-172-3

Runs Created
1890 PL-107-3
1891 AA-98-4
1892 NL-91-9
1893 NL-107-6
1894 NL-187-1
1897 NL-105-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1891 AA-30-5
1894 NL-67-1

Batting Wins
1891 AA-3.1-5
1894 NL-5.6-1

Extra-Base Hits
1890 PL-59-2
1892 NL-45-9
1894 NL-85-1

Times on Base
1889 NL-220-10
1890 PL-252-5
1891 AA-245-7
1892 NL-245-10
1893 NL-254-9
1894 NL-304-3
1895 NL-254-10
1897 NL-245-8

Offensive Win%
1891 AA-.742-3
1893 NL-.707-8
1894 NL-.860-1

Sac. Hits
1895 NL-16-8
1896 NL-20-5
1898 NL-17-10

Power/Speed Number
1889 NL-19.5-4
1890 PL-12.8-9
1891 AA-16.3-1
1894 NL-26.2-1
1895 NL-14.8-7
1897 NL-17.3-1
1898 NL-12.5-4

At Bats per Strikeout
1890 PL-29.8-6
Car-22.7-75

At Bats per Home Run
1889 NL-48.7-7
1891 AA-59.6-10
1894 NL-29.9-3
1897 NL-50.0-2
1898 NL-71.0-7

Outs
1889 NL-412-4
1890 PL-405-3
1896 NL-389-9
1899 NL-435-8

Oldest Player
1904 NL-37-6
1905 NL-38-2
1906 NL-39-3

Black Ink: Batting - 38 (38) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 147 (91) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 54.2 (52) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 151.5 (78) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  10. Joe Kelley (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August, 1887: Sent from the Lowell (New England) to the Chicago White Stockings in an unknown transaction.

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the Chicago Colts to the Chicago Pirates.

Before 1891 Season: Returned to league control by the Chicago Pirates.

Before 1891 Season: Under league control and obtained by the Chicago Colts.

Before 1891 Season: Jumped from the Chicago Colts to the Boston Reds.

December 21, 1891: Returned to league control by the Boston Reds.

December 21, 1891: Under league control and obtained by the Boston Beaneaters.

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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