Dummy Hoy

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Full Name: William Ellsworth Hoy	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 6"/160	First Game: April 20, 1888
Birthdate: May 23, 1862	Final Game: July 17, 1902
Birthplace: Houcktown, Ohio	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: December 15, 1961
Deathplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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Dummy Hoy (William Ellsworth Hoy) was born on May 23, 1862 in Houcktown, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1888 for the Washington Senators. In 1888, his rookie year, he hit .274 with 2 home runs and 29 RBI. Hoy played for the Washington Senators, Buffalo Bisons, St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds, Louisville Colonels and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Dummy Hoy's best season was 1891, when he stole 59 bases, hit for a .291 average and knocked in 66 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1888	WAS	N	136	503	77	138	2	29	.274	.374	.338	10	8	69	48	11	0	82	0	0
1889	WAS	N	127	507	98	139	0	39	.274	.374	.320	11	6	75	30	6	0	35	0	0
1890	BUF	P	122	493	107	147	1	53	.298	.418	.371	17	8	94	36	8	0	39	0	0
1891	STL	a	141	567	136	165	5	66	.291	.424	.360	14	5	119	25	12	0	59	0	0
1892	WAS	N	152	593	108	166	3	75	.280	.375	.354	19	8	86	23	4	0	60	0	0
1893	WAS	N	130	564	106	138	0	45	.245	.337	.287	12	6	66	9	13	0	48	0	0
1894	CIN	N	126	495	114	148	5	70	.299	.416	.426	22	13	87	18	12	11	27	0	0
1895	CIN	N	107	429	93	119	3	55	.277	.363	.403	21	12	52	8	6	3	50	0	0
1896	CIN	N	121	443	120	132	4	57	.298	.403	.409	23	7	65	13	13	33	50	0	0
1897	CIN	N	128	497	87	145	2	42	.292	.375	.376	24	6	54	0	12	23	37	0	0
1898	LOU	N	148	582	104	177	6	66	.304	.367	.416	15	16	49	0	9	19	37	0	0
1899	LOU	N	154	633	116	194	5	49	.306	.376	.398	17	13	61	0	10	15	32	0	0
1901	CHI	A	132	527	112	155	2	60	.294	.407	.400	28	11	86	0	14	14	27	0	0
1902	CIN	N	72	279	48	81	2	20	.290	.389	.380	15	2	41	0	4	12	11	0	0
Total	PL		122	493	107	147	1	53	.298	.418	.371	17	8	94	36	8	0	39	0	0
Total	NL		1401	5525	1071	1577	32	547	.285	.376	.372	189	97	705	149	100	116	469	0	0
Total	AL		132	527	112	155	2	60	.294	.407	.400	28	11	86	0	14	14	27	0	0
Total	AA		141	567	136	165	5	66	.291	.424	.360	14	5	119	25	12	0	59	0	0
Total			1796	7112	1426	2044	40	726	.287	.386	.373	248	121	1004	210	134	130	594	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1888	WAS	N	OF	136	0	0	296	26	37	7	0	0	0	0	0	.897
1889	WAS	N	OF	127	0	0	255	29	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	.890
1890	BUF	P	OF	122	0	0	289	23	30	9	0	0	0	0	0	.912
1890	BUF	P	2B	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1891	STL	a	OF	141	0	0	255	26	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1892	WAS	N	OF	152	0	0	275	16	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	.884
1893	WAS	N	OF	130	0	0	281	26	37	8	0	0	0	0	0	.892
1894	CIN	N	OF	126	0	0	314	29	40	3	0	0	0	0	0	.896
1895	CIN	N	OF	107	0	0	235	14	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	.883
1896	CIN	N	OF	120	0	0	303	14	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1897	CIN	N	OF	128	0	0	359	10	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	.934
1898	LOU	N	OF	148	0	0	348	19	21	6	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1899	LOU	N	OF	154	0	0	321	21	27	8	0	0	0	0	0	.927
1901	CHI	A	OF	132	0	0	278	16	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1902	CIN	N	OF	72	0	0	149	4	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.933
Total			2B	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1795	0	0	3958	273	394	72	0	0	0	0	0	.915

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Washington Senators to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Mike Sullivan (November 17, 1893).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Red Ehret and Claude Ritchey to Louisville Colonels in exchange for Bill Hill (February 3, 1898).

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