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19 Facts About Hugh Duffy

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Hugh Duffy was an American outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball.

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Hugh Duffy was a player or player-manager for the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Pirates, Boston Reds, Boston Beaneaters, Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies between 1888 and 1906.

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Hugh Duffy managed the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox and spent several seasons coaching in collegiate baseball and in the minor leagues.

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4.

Hugh Duffy was a textile mill worker who had taken up baseball as a semipro for weekend diversion.

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5.

Hugh Duffy 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.

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Hugh Duffy entered the National League with Cap Anson's Chicago White Stockings in 1888 after receiving an offer of $2,000 from the club.

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7.

Hugh Duffy ended up replacing Billy Sunday as the team's regular right fielder.

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Hugh Duffy switched leagues, joining the American Association's Boston Reds in 1891; he then returned to the NL with the Boston Beaneaters in 1892, where he enjoyed his best seasons.

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Hugh Duffy was player-manager for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1901.

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Hugh Duffy was a player-manager for the Phillies from 1904 to 1906.

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11.

Hugh Duffy finished his career in 1906 with 106 home runs which was, at the time, one of the highest career totals.

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12.

Hugh Duffy spent three years as manager of the Providence Grays.

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13.

Hugh Duffy made $2,000 in his last season as the Providence manager and The Evening News in Providence wrote that Duffy was paid hundreds of dollars less than any other manager in the Eastern League.

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14.

Hugh Duffy moved to the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association in 1912, but he was fired after a season in which the team struggled.

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15.

Hugh Duffy turned down an offer to manage the 1913 St Paul Saints, saying that he was hoping to work in the east.

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16.

Hugh Duffy coached the Harvard varsity and freshman baseball squads from 1917 through 1919.

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17.

In 1921, Hugh Duffy was hired as full-time manager of the Red Sox, guiding them for two seasons.

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18.

Hugh Duffy remained on the Red Sox' scouting staff nearly to the end of his life, retiring in 1953.

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19.

In 2019, Hugh Duffy was inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame, along with Terry Pendleton.

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