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Dummy Hoy
William Ellsworth Hoy
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: May 23, 1862 in Houcktown, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1888
Final Game: July 17, 1902
Died: December 15, 1961 in Cincinnati, OH
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1888 26 WHS NL 136 583 503 77 138 10 8 2 29 82 69 48 .274 .374 .338 .712 134 170 11 *O
1889 27 WHS NL 127 588 507 98 139 11 6 0 39 35 75 30 .274 .374 .320 .694 100 162 6 *O
1890 28 BUF PL 122 595 493 107 147 17 8 1 53 39 94 36 .298 .418 .371 .790 119 183 8 *O/4
1891 29 STL AA 141 698 567 136 165 14 5 5 66 59 119 25 .291 .424 .360 .784 117 204 12 *O
1892 30 WHS NL 152 683 593 108 166 19 8 3 75 60 86 23 .280 .375 .354 .729 123 210 4 *O
1893 31 WHS NL 130 643 564 106 138 12 6 0 45 48 66 9 .245 .337 .287 .625 69 162 13 *O
1894 32 CIN NL 126 594 495 114 148 22 13 5 70 27 87 18 .299 .416 .426 .842 101 211 12 *O
1895 33 CIN NL 107 490 429 93 119 21 12 3 55 50 52 8 .277 .363 .403 .767 94 173 6 3 *O
1896 34 CIN NL 121 554 443 120 132 23 7 4 57 50 65 13 .298 .403 .409 .812 108 181 13 33 *O
1897 35 CIN NL 128 586 497 87 145 24 6 2 42 37 54 .292 .375 .376 .751 93 187 12 23 *O
1898 36 LOU NL 148 659 582 104 177 15 16 6 66 37 49 .304 .367 .416 .783 125 242 9 19 *O
1899 37 LOU NL 154 719 633 116 194 17 13 5 49 32 61 .306 .376 .398 .775 112 252 10 15 *O
1901 39 CHW AL 132 641 527 112 155 28 11 2 60 27 86 .294 .407 .400 .807 127 211 14 14 *O
1902 40 CIN NL 72 336 279 48 81 15 2 2 20 11 41 .290 .389 .380 .769 128 106 4 12 O
14 Seasons 1796 8369 7112 1426 2044 248 121 40 726 594 1004 210 .287 .386 .373 .759 110 2654 134 119
162 Game Avg. 162 755 642 129 184 22 11 4 65 54 91 .287 .386 .373 .759 110 239 12
CIN (5 yrs) 554 2560 2143 462 625 105 40 16 244 175 299 39 .292 .390 .400 .790 102 858 47 71
LOU (2 yrs) 302 1378 1215 220 371 32 29 11 115 69 110 .305 .372 .407 .779 118 494 19 34
WHS (2 yrs) 282 1326 1157 214 304 31 14 3 120 108 152 32 .263 .357 .322 .678 95 372 17
WHS (2 yrs) 263 1171 1010 175 277 21 14 2 68 117 144 78 .274 .374 .329 .703 116 332 17
STL (1 yr) 141 698 567 136 165 14 5 5 66 59 119 25 .291 .424 .360 .784 117 204 12
BUF (1 yr) 122 595 493 107 147 17 8 1 53 39 94 36 .298 .418 .371 .790 119 183 8
CHW (1 yr) 132 641 527 112 155 28 11 2 60 27 86 .294 .407 .400 .807 127 211 14 14
NL (11 yrs) 1401 6435 5525 1071 1577 189 97 32 547 469 705 149 .285 .376 .372 .748 106 2056 100 105
AA (1 yr) 141 698 567 136 165 14 5 5 66 59 119 25 .291 .424 .360 .784 117 204 12
AL (1 yr) 132 641 527 112 155 28 11 2 60 27 86 .294 .407 .400 .807 127 211 14 14
PL (1 yr) 122 595 493 107 147 17 8 1 53 39 94 36 .298 .418 .371 .790 119 183 8
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1888 WHS NL 26 OF 136 359 296 26 37 7 .897 2.37 .907 1.90 0-136-1
1889 WHS NL 27 OF 127 319 255 29 35 4 .890 2.24 .912 1.97 1-126-0
1890 BUF PL 28 OF 122 342 289 23 30 9 .912 2.56 .903 2.06 0-122-0
1890 BUF PL 28 2B 1 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 .900 5.80
1891 STL AA 29 OF 141 309 255 26 28 3 .909 1.99 .907 1.83 0-141-0
1892 WHS NL 30 OF 152 329 275 16 38 3 .884 1.91 .915 1.86 3-150-0
1893 WHS NL 31 OF 130 344 281 26 37 8 .892 2.36 .917 2.14 0-130-0
1894 CIN NL 32 OF 126 383 314 29 40 3 .896 2.72 .917 2.24 0-126-0
1895 CIN NL 33 OF 107 282 235 14 33 6 .883 2.33 .920 2.14 62-41-4
1896 CIN NL 34 OF 120 335 303 14 18 3 .946 2.64 .932 2.12 0-120-0
1897 CIN NL 35 OF 128 395 359 10 26 5 .934 2.88 .935 2.06 0-128-0
1898 LOU NL 36 OF 148 388 348 19 21 6 .946 2.48 .936 2.03 0-148-0
1899 LOU NL 37 OF 154 369 321 21 27 8 .927 2.22 .945 2.11 0-154-0
1901 CHW AL 39 OF 132 307 278 16 13 6 .958 2.23 .929 2.00 0-132-0
1902 CIN NL 40 OF 72 164 149 4 11 1 .933 2.13 .946 1.93 0-72-0
14 Seasons OF 1795 4625 3958 273 394 72 .915 2.36 .922 2.03 66-1726-5
1 Season 2B 1 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 .900 5.80
14 Seasons TOT 1796 4628 3959 275 394 73 .915 2.36 .837 2.03 66-1726-5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1888 NL--.374--5th
1890 PL--.418--8th
1891 AA--.424--3rd
1901 AL--.407--4th
Career--.386--127th

Games Played s c a p y
1888 NL--136--2nd
1891 AA--141--1st
1892 NL--152--5th
1899 NL--154--2nd

At Bats s c a p y
1891 AA--567--7th
1893 NL--564--7th
1899 NL--633--1st
Career--7112--243rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1888 NL--583--4th
1891 AA--698--1st
1893 NL--643--4th
1899 NL--719--1st
1901 AL--641--3rd
Career--8369--187th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1891 AA--136--2nd
1899 NL--116--9th
1901 AL--112--4th
Career--1426--78th

Hits s c a p y
1888 NL--138--10th
1891 AA--165--9th
1899 NL--194--8th
Career--2044--233rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1898 NL--242--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1901 AL--28--5th

Triples s c a p y
1898 NL--16--2nd
Career--121--96th

Home Runs s c a p y
1898 NL--6--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1888 NL--69--2nd
1889 NL--75--9th
1890 PL--94--4th
1891 AA--119--1st
1892 NL--86--5th
1894 NL--87--7th
1896 NL--65--10th
1901 AL--86--1st
Career--1004--105th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1888 NL--82--1st
1891 AA--59--4th
1892 NL--60--4th
1893 NL--48--6th
1895 NL--50--7th
1898 NL--37--8th
Career--594--18th

Singles s c a p y
1888 NL--118--4th
1889 NL--122--8th
1890 PL--121--10th
1891 AA--141--4th
1892 NL--136--7th
1899 NL--159--7th
Career--1635--127th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1888 NL--134--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1901 AL--83--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1888 NL--24--9th
1891 AA--22--10th
1901 AL--26--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1888 NL--2.7--9th
1891 AA--2.2--10th
1901 AL--2.6--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1888 NL--218--4th
1889 NL--220--10th
1890 PL--249--6th
1891 AA--296--1st
1892 NL--256--6th
1899 NL--265--9th
1901 AL--255--2nd
Career--3182--143rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1888 NL--11--3rd
1889 NL--6--9th
1890 PL--8--9th
1891 AA--12--7th
1893 NL--13--6th
1894 NL--12--7th
1896 NL--13--8th
1897 NL--12--7th
1901 AL--14--1st
Career--134--29th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1896 NL--33--1st
1897 NL--23--3rd
1898 NL--19--8th
1901 AL--14--10th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1898 NL--10.3--7th

AB per SO s c a p y
1891 AA--22.680--8th
1892 NL--25.783--9th
1893 NL--62.667--5th
1895 NL--53.625--4th
Career--21.880--81st

Outs Made s c a p y
1891 AA--402--7th
1893 NL--426--1st
1899 NL--454--1st

Oldest s c a p y
1898 NL--born 1862-05-23--7th
1899 NL--born 1862-05-23--4th
1901 AL--born 1862-05-23--1st
1902 NL--born 1862-05-23--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 60 (407), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (478), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Jimmy Sheckard (890)
  4. Mike Griffin (888)
  5. Patsy Donovan (887)
  6. Fielder Jones (886)
  7. Brett Butler (885)
  8. Clyde Milan (883)
  9. Willie Wilson (872)
  10. Fred Tenney (866)
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  2. Burt Shotton (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Burt Shotton (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eddie Murphy (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Browne (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jimmy Slagle (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Charlie Hemphill (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Patsy Dougherty (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Patsy Dougherty (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Patsy Donovan (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Patsy Donovan (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Fielder Jones (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Fielder Jones (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Patsy Donovan (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

November 17, 1893: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Sullivan.

February 3, 1898: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Red Ehret and Claude Ritchey to the Louisville Colonels for Bill Hill.

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the Chicago White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds.

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Name and misspellings: Bill William Dummy Ellsworth Hoy

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