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Bill Duggleby

1874 – 1944

American baseball player

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Lived 1874 – 1944 (aged 70). Bill Duggleby was an American baseball player.

William James Duggleby (March 16, 1874 – August 30, 1944), nicknamed "Frosty Bill", was an American pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. He played from 1898 to 1907. He also played two games for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1902 and nine games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1907.

Duggleby and Ed Murphy pitched for the Auburn Maroons in the New York State League in 1897 and were sold to the Phillies that December.

Duggleby is the first of four major league players to hit a grand slam in his first major league at-bat, followed by Jeremy Hermida, Kevin Kouzmanoff, and Daniel Nava. He was the only pitcher to hit a grand slam for their first major league hit until July 8, 2021, when Daniel Camarena became the second. , he still holds the Phillies team record for hit batsmen for a career (82).

Duggleby was one of the "jumpers" who left the Phillies in 1902 for other teams, including (in Duggleby's case) Connie Mack's new American League team, the Athletics. The Phillies filed suit to prevent the "jumpers" — in particular, Nap Lajoie, Bill Bernhard, and Chick Fraser — from playing for any other team, a plea which was rejected by a lower court before being upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Duggleby was the first of the "jumpers" to return to the Phillies, on May 8, 1902, after playing only two games with the A's.

He was the manager of the Minor League Baseball team, the Albany Babies, in 1912.

Duggleby, a native of Utica, New York, died in Redfield, New York in 1944.

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William James Duggleby

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Who was Bill Duggleby?

American baseball player (1874-1944)

When was Bill Duggleby born?

Bill Duggleby was born on 16 March 1874 in Utica.

When did Bill Duggleby die?

Bill Duggleby died on 30 August 1944 in Redfield.

What was Bill Duggleby's occupation?

Bill Duggleby was a baseball player.

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Bill Duggleby was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Bill Duggleby

· Wikidata: Q4908841

· DBpedia: Bill Duggleby

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