Hugh Duffy
1897–1906 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, MLA, Philadelphia Phillies
1,737G
.325AVG
.386OBP
.451SLG
More career statistics
2,292H
106HR
1,302RBI
574SB
6Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,737 | 601 |
| Batting · At bats | 7,042 | 2,259 |
| Batting · Doubles | 325 | 89 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,292 | 687 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 29 | 12 |
| Batting · Home runs | 106 | 28 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 211 | 47 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,837 | 2,522 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,552 | 414 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,302 | 420 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 574 | 122 |
| Batting · Triples | 119 | 35 |
| Batting · Walks | 662 | 195 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,737 | 7,837 | 7,042 | 1,552 | 2,292 | 325 | 119 | 106 | 1,302 | 662 | 211 | 574 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3,173 | .325 | .386 | .451 | .837 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1898-06-06 to 1898-06-21
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1897-05-31 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1897-06-17 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1897-05-31 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 299 | 1235 | 354 | 23 | 230 | 99 | 22 | .321 | .367 | .451 |
| Away | 302 | 1287 | 333 | 5 | 190 | 96 | 25 | .288 | .333 | .374 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 44 | 198 | 54 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 8 | .303 | .338 | .399 |
| May | 108 | 459 | 118 | 7 | 80 | 45 | 7 | .293 | .355 | .395 |
| June | 100 | 423 | 135 | 6 | 88 | 28 | 6 | .345 | .385 | .476 |
| July | 95 | 391 | 109 | 0 | 50 | 28 | 3 | .315 | .350 | .413 |
| August | 130 | 549 | 142 | 7 | 86 | 32 | 12 | .283 | .317 | .391 |
| September | 96 | 390 | 96 | 6 | 54 | 40 | 10 | .283 | .349 | .383 |
| October | 28 | 112 | 33 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | .327 | .375 | .446 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 59 | 242 | 69 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 5 | .322 | .372 | .421 |
| chicago-cubs | 57 | 237 | 64 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 4 | .295 | .333 | .387 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 53 | 219 | 57 | 4 | 31 | 10 | 5 | .279 | .306 | .343 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 53 | 224 | 71 | 3 | 49 | 21 | 2 | .362 | .411 | .551 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 50 | 204 | 56 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 3 | .301 | .328 | .371 |
| new-york-giants | 48 | 203 | 51 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 4 | .291 | .379 | .343 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 42 | 194 | 52 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 7 | .297 | .356 | .383 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 42 | 179 | 48 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 3 | .302 | .363 | .371 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Boston Braves | 134 | 549 | 187 | 11 | 129 | 40 | .341 | – | – |
| 1898 | Boston Braves | 152 | 568 | 170 | 8 | 108 | 29 | .299 | – | – |
| 1899 | Boston Braves | 147 | 588 | 164 | 5 | 103 | 27 | .279 | – | – |
| 1900 | Boston Braves | 55 | 181 | 55 | 2 | 32 | 11 | .304 | – | – |
| 1901 | MLA | 79 | 286 | 86 | 2 | 44 | 12 | .301 | – | – |
| 1904 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 18 | 46 | 13 | – | 2 | 3 | .283 | – | – |
| 1905 | Philadelphia Phillies | 15 | 40 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .300 | – | – |
| 1906 | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |