Hugh Duffy
Hugh Duffy
(Sir Hugh)
 
Born: November 26, 1866 in Cranston, RI
Died: October 19, 1954 - 87 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'7" Wt: 168
(legend)
Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1945
- Visit Duffy's Managerial Page

Comparison

Comparison
Center Fielders
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Billy Hamilton
1888 - 1901
CF
63.1
Pl
 
61.2
-5.2
0.0
-7.1
2 Jimmy Ryan
1885 - 1903
CF
43.9
 
45.6
-10.1
0.2
-8.2
3 Fielder Jones
1896 - 1915
CF
43.2
 
34.9
1.4
0.0
-6.8
4 Hugh Duffy
1888 - 1906
CF
42.9
Pl
 
37.7
-2.5
0.0
-7.7
5 George Van Haltren
1887 - 1903
CF
42.5
 
45.1
-11.3
1.5
-7.3
6 Cy Seymour
1896 - 1913
CF
42.0
 
30.7
-2.2
9.2
-4.3
7 Mike Griffin
1887 - 1898
CF
40.7
 
35.3
-0.8
0.0
-6.3
8 Roy Thomas
1899 - 1911
CF
40.3
 
38.0
-2.3
0.1
-4.6
9 Pete Browning
1882 - 1894
CF
40.3
 
42.0
-5.8
-0.2
-4.3
10 Dummy Hoy
1888 - 1902
CF
32.6
 
35.9
-10.8
0.0
-7.5
11 Chick Stahl
1897 - 1906
CF
31.7
 
29.6
-3.0
-0.1
-5.2
12 Ginger Beaumont
1899 - 1910
CF
30.2
 
32.3
-6.5
0.0
-4.3
13 Mike Donlin
1899 - 1914
CF
29.3
 
31.0
-5.6
-0.2
-4.1
14 Bill Lange
1893 - 1899
CF
23.0
 
21.6
-1.4
0.0
-2.7
15 Jake Stenzel
1890 - 1899
CF
21.4
 
23.5
-5.1
0.0
-3.0
16 Steve Brodie
1890 - 1902
CF
19.4
 
17.4
-3.9
0.0
-6.0
17 Jimmy Barrett
1899 - 1908
CF
19.0
 
17.7
-1.8
0.0
-3.1
18 Bug Holliday
1889 - 1898
CF
18.1
 
19.7
-5.4
-0.3
-4.2
19 Charlie Hemphill
1899 - 1911
CF
16.0
 
18.0
-7.3
0.0
-5.3
20 Emmet Heidrick
1898 - 1908
CF
15.8
 
14.6
-1.4
0.1
-2.6
21 Jimmy Slagle
1899 - 1908
CF
15.6
 
12.8
-2.6
0.0
-5.4
22 Duff Cooley
1893 - 1905
CF
14.9
 
15.5
-5.9
0.0
-5.3
23 Tom Brown
1882 - 1898
CF
14.7
 
16.8
-8.8
-1.6
-8.3
24 Ollie Pickering
1896 - 1908
CF
8.4
 
9.0
-4.3
0.0
-3.7
25 Dave Fultz
1898 - 1905
CF
5.5
WW1
 
6.6
-2.7
0.0
-1.7
26 Algie McBride
1896 - 1901
CF
4.7
 
5.6
-2.8
0.0
-1.9
27 Farmer Weaver
1888 - 1894
CF
4.6
 
5.4
-3.5
0.0
-2.7
28 Charlie Abbey
1893 - 1897
CF
1.7
 
2.4
-2.6
-0.1
-2.0
29 Jimmy McAleer
1889 - 1907
CF
1.2
 
-3.3
0.3
-0.2
-4.4
30 George Hogriever
1895 - 1901
CF
1.1
 
0.9
-0.3
0.0
-0.5
31 Hercules Burnett
1888 - 1895
CF
0.3
 
0.3
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
32 Lefty Houtz
1899 - 1899
CF
0.3
 
0.1
0.2
0.0
-0.0
33 Walt Preston
1895 - 1895
CF
0.2
 
0.6
-0.5
0.0
-0.1
34 Phil Geier
1896 - 1904
CF
0.1
 
1.3
-2.2
0.0
-0.9
35 Pat Hannifan
1897 - 1897
CF
-0.0
 
0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
36 George Paynter
1894 - 1894
CF
-0.1
 
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
37 Charlie Frisbee
1899 - 1900
CF
-0.1
 
0.3
-0.6
0.0
-0.2
38 Paul Russell
1894 - 1894
CF
-0.2
 
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
39 Bob McHale
1898 - 1898
CF
-0.2
 
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
40 Frank Quinn
1899 - 1899
CF
-0.3
 
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
-0.0
41 Joe Wright
1895 - 1896
CF
-0.5
 
-0.2
-0.6
0.0
-0.3
42 Joe Stanley
1897 - 1909
CF
-2.7
 
-1.6
-1.8
-0.3
-1.0
 
  Hugh Duffy
1888 - 1906
CF
42.9
Pl
 
37.7
-2.5
0.0
-7.7
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