Tuesday Trivia: .300 average in 4 Leagues

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Hint: The player played in multiple centuries.

Hugh Duffy?

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Hugh Duffy?

Peter, you are correct!

Hugh Duffy compiled a .300+ career batting average in four different Major Leagues: National League (.326), Players League (.320), American Association (.336), and American League (.302).

Other factoids: Hugh Duffy's wife passed away at age 25 in 1894. A grief-stricken Duffy got an understandably late start on the 1894 campaign. But by the time that it was over, Duffy had batted .440, still the all-time major-league single-season batting average high while leading the league in base-hits (237), doubles (51), home runs (18), extra-base hits (85), total bases (374), and OPS (1.196), while finishing second in RBIs (145), fourth in runs scored (160), and ninth in stolen bases (48).

In April 1945, Duffy was elected to the Hall of Fame via selection by the Veterans Committee. That same month, he presided over the dubious tryout that the Red Sox accorded Negro Leagues star Jackie Robinson (and Marvin Williams of the Philadelphia Stars, and outfielder Sam Jethroe of the Cleveland Buckeyes).

[clydepepper]

Thanks a lot...finally...I've been wearing suspenders all week.