Hugh Duffy

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 7 in · 168 lb

BornNovember 26, 1866 · Cranston, RI, USA

MLB debutJune 23, 1888

Final gameApril 13, 1906

Seasons17 (1888–1906)

Chicago White Stockings 1888–1889; Chicago Pirates 1890; Boston Reds 1891; Boston Beaneaters 1892–1900; Milwaukee Brewers 1901; Philadelphia Phillies 1904–1906

Percentile snapshot

1899 season — qualified batters

147

68.1

641

79.7

588

84.1

103

73.9

164

60.9

94.2

36.2

72.5

RBI

102

92.8

50.7

75.4

49.3

.279

31.9

OBP

.327

27.5

SLG

.378

44.9

OPS

.705

36.2

wRC+

91.6

36.2

OPS+

92.8

37.7

wOBA

.337

36.2

sWAR

0.8

30.4

of 70 qualified 1899 batters (min 474 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

122.2

82.1

OPS+

127.5

88.1

sWAR

43.5

98.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1888	71	308	298	60	84	10	4	7	41	9	32	13	.282	.305	.413	.718	119.7	126.6	.327	1.5
1889	136	632	584	144	182	21	7	12	89	46	30	52	.312	.364	.433	.797	115.2	121.1	.376	2.8
1890	137	657	596	161	191	36	16	7	82	59	20	78	.320	.384	.470	.853	118.4	126.8	.400	3.2
1891	127	601	536	134	180	20	8	9	110	61	29	85	.336	.408	.453	.861	134.4	145.8	.416	4.1
1892	147	673	612	125	184	28	12	5	81	60	37	51	.301	.364	.410	.774	125.9	133.6	.373	4.7
1893	131	611	560	147	203	23	7	6	118	50	13	44	.363	.416	.461	.876	125.3	132.5	.417	4.1
1894	125	616	539	160	237	51	16	18	145	66	15	48	.440	.502	.694	1.196	166.0	185.4	.533	7.4
1895	131	618	533	112	188	30	6	9	100	65	17	42	.353	.427	.482	.909	127.9	133.9	.427	4.3
1896	131	601	527	97	158	16	8	5	113	52	19	39	.300	.365	.389	.754	99.3	98.6	.361	1.4
1897	134	621	550	130	187	25	10	11	129	52	17	41	.340	.403	.482	.885	126.9	132.8	.415	3.6
1898	152	645	568	97	169	13	3	8	108	59	13	29	.298	.365	.373	.738	110.6	111.1	.361	2.5
1899	147	641	588	103	164	29	7	5	102	39	13	26	.279	.327	.378	.705	91.6	92.8	.337	0.8
1900	55	202	181	27	55	5	4	2	31	16	5	11	.304	.360	.409	.769	109.9	112.0	.366	0.7
1901	79	314	285	40	86	15	9	2	45	16	7	12	.302	.341	.439	.780	111.0	115.4	.361	1.5
1904	18	59	46	10	13	1	1	0	5	13	1	3	.283	.441	.348	.789	156.3	146.2	.400	0.6
1905	15	41	40	7	12	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	.300	.317	.400	.717	109.8	115.3	.339	0.2
1906	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-119.8	-100.0	.000	0.0

Career totals

1,737

472nd-most career G

7,841

315th-most career PA

7,044

300th-most career AB

1,554

56th-most career R

2,293

161st-most career H

325

392nd-most career 2B

119

102nd-most career 3B

106

RBI

1,302

117th-most career RBI

664

426th-most career BB

268

574

23rd-most career SB

.3255

49th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3859

144th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4506

476th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8365

252nd-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1901-05-30	MIN @ BAL Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	1	3	6
1901-07-01	CLE @ BAL Gameday	3	1	3	1	1	0	1	6
1901-06-20	BAL @ BAL Gameday	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	6
1901-04-27	BAL @ DET Gameday	5	1	3	2	0	0	3	5
1901-07-26	BOS @ BAL Gameday	4	0	3	2	0	0	2	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-25	BAL @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-26	BAL @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-27	BAL @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-28	BAL @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-29	BAL @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1945 (Old Timers)

1× Triple Crown

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.