Bob Addy
Canadian baseball player and manager (1842–1910) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the British Olympic cyclist, see Bob Addy (cyclist).
Robert Edward Addy (February 1842 – April 9, 1910), nicknamed "the Magnet",[1] was a Canadian right fielder and second baseman in Major League Baseball, whose professional career spanned from 1871 in the National Association to 1877 in the National League. He is credited as the first player to introduce the slide in an organized game, and later attempted to create a game of baseball that would have been played on ice. He is also credited as the first person born in Canada to appear in a major league game.[2][lower-alpha 1]
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Bob Addy | |
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Right fielder/Second Baseman | |
Born: February 1842 (1842-02) Port Hope, Canada West[1] | |
Died: April 9, 1910(1910-04-09) (aged 68) Pocatello, Idaho, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
May 6, 1871, for the Rockford Forest Citys | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 8, 1877, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .277 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 167 |
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Member of the Canadian | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2021 |
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