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.
Duffy, born in Cranston, Rhode Island, was a textile mill worker who had taken up baseball as a semipro for weekend diversion. 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 cl...
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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.
Duffy, born in Cranston, Rhode Island, was a textile mill worker who had taken up baseball as a semipro for weekend diversion. 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.
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 5'7" 150 pound Duffy telling him, "We already have a batboy." 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...
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