Jerry Denny
[edit] Biography
Jerry Denny (Jeremiah Dennis Denny) was born on March 16, 1859 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on May 2, 1881 for the Providence Grays. In 1881, his rookie year, he hit .241 with 1 home run and 24 RBI. Denny played for the Providence Grays, St. Louis Maroons, Indianapolis Hoosiers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Spiders and Louisville Colonels over the course of his 13 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Jerry Denny's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1889, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .282 average and knocked in 112 runs. However, others believe that it was 1887, when he stole 29 bases, hit for a .324 average and knocked in 97 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1881
| PRO
| N
| 85
| 320
| 38
| 77
| 1
| 24
| .241
| .252
| .313
| 16
| 2
| 5
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1882
| PRO
| N
| 84
| 329
| 54
| 81
| 2
| 42
| .246
| .255
| .350
| 10
| 9
| 4
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| PRO
| N
| 98
| 393
| 73
| 108
| 8
| 55
| .275
| .291
| .443
| 26
| 8
| 9
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| PRO
| N
| 110
| 439
| 57
| 109
| 6
| 59
| .248
| .272
| .380
| 22
| 9
| 14
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| PRO
| N
| 83
| 318
| 40
| 71
| 3
| 24
| .223
| .252
| .321
| 14
| 4
| 12
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| STL
| N
| 119
| 475
| 58
| 122
| 9
| 62
| .257
| .278
| .389
| 24
| 6
| 14
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| IND
| N
| 122
| 510
| 86
| 165
| 11
| 97
| .324
| .344
| .502
| 34
| 12
| 13
| 22
| 3
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| IND
| N
| 126
| 524
| 92
| 137
| 12
| 63
| .261
| .277
| .408
| 27
| 7
| 9
| 79
| 2
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| IND
| N
| 133
| 578
| 96
| 163
| 18
| 112
| .282
| .314
| .417
| 24
| 0
| 27
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| NY
| N
| 114
| 437
| 50
| 93
| 3
| 42
| .213
| .270
| .307
| 18
| 7
| 28
| 62
| 6
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| PHI
| N
| 19
| 73
| 5
| 21
| 0
| 11
| .288
| .325
| .329
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| NY
| N
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .250
| .313
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| 36
| 138
| 17
| 31
| 0
| 21
| .225
| .291
| .261
| 5
| 0
| 12
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| TOT
| N
| 59
| 227
| 22
| 56
| 0
| 33
| .247
| .299
| .286
| 7
| 1
| 16
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| LOU
| N
| 44
| 175
| 22
| 43
| 1
| 22
| .246
| .283
| .337
| 5
| 4
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| LOU
| N
| 60
| 221
| 26
| 61
| 0
| 32
| .276
| .325
| .389
| 11
| 7
| 13
| 12
| 3
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1237
| 4946
| 714
| 1286
| 74
| 667
| .260
| .287
| .384
| 238
| 76
| 173
| 602
| 15
| 6
| 130
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1881
| PRO
| N
| 3B
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 144
| 181
| 62
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .840
|
| 1882
| PRO
| N
| 3B
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 136
| 206
| 55
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .861
|
| 1883
| PRO
| N
| 3B
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 178
| 188
| 52
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .876
|
| 1884
| PRO
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1884
| PRO
| N
| 3B
| 99
| 0
| 0
| 144
| 168
| 45
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .874
|
| 1884
| PRO
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1884
| PRO
| N
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 90
| 4
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1885
| PRO
| N
| 3B
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 128
| 157
| 43
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .869
|
| 1886
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 117
| 0
| 0
| 182
| 270
| 53
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1886
| STL
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1887
| IND
| N
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1887
| IND
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1887
| IND
| N
| 3B
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 201
| 262
| 58
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1887
| IND
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1888
| IND
| N
| 3B
| 96
| 0
| 0
| 158
| 214
| 44
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .894
|
| 1888
| IND
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| IND
| N
| SS
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 65
| 88
| 14
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
| 1888
| IND
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| IND
| N
| 2B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| 1889
| IND
| N
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 19
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| 1889
| IND
| N
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1889
| IND
| N
| 3B
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 199
| 276
| 45
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| 1890
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 106
| 0
| 0
| 165
| 210
| 47
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1890
| NY
| N
| SS
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 26
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1890
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1891
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 123
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1891
| PHI
| N
| 3B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| 1891
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .700
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 60
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .884
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1891
| TOT
| N
| 3B
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 51
| 76
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .876
|
| 1893
| LOU
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1893
| LOU
| N
| SS
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 91
| 139
| 20
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1894
| LOU
| N
| 3B
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 85
| 124
| 30
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .874
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 47
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .890
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 1109
| 0
| 0
| 1777
| 2338
| 552
| 147
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 213
| 6
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 207
| 300
| 38
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1888
| IND
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Granted to league by Providence Grays with Charley Bassett, Cliff Carroll, Con Daily, Jack Farrell, Barney Gilligan, Paul Hines, Old Hoss Radbourn, Paul Radford, Dupee Shaw and Joe Start (November 30, 1885).
- Obtained from league by St. Louis Maroons (@January, 1886).
- Sold by St. Louis Maroons to Indianapolis Hoosiers with Henry Boyle, John Cahill, Jack Glasscock, Egyptian Healy, John Kirby, Jack McGeachey, George Myers, Otto Schomberg and Emmett Seery (March 8, 1887).
- Granted to league by Indianapolis Hoosiers with Charley Bassett, Henry Boyle, Dick Buckley, Jesse Burkett, Ed Eiteljorge, Pretzels Getzien, Jack Glasscock, Paul Hines, Amos Rusie and Pete Sommers (March 22, 1890).
- Obtained from league by New York Giants with Charley Bassett, Henry Boyle, Dick Buckley, Jesse Burkett, Jack Glasscock, Amos Rusie and Pete Sommers (March 22, 1890).
- Released by Cleveland Spiders (August 14, 1891).
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