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Title: William


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William Dummy Hoy
  • 1st deaf major-leaguer

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  • Born May 23, 1862 on a farm in Houcktown, Ohio
  • Born Hearing

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  • Age 2 or 3- became deaf from brain fever
    (spinal meningitis)
  • Had 3 Hearing brothers
  • No school until 10 yrs old
  • Went to the Deaf and Dumb Institute (now Ohio
    School for the Deaf)

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Ohio School For the Deaf Circa 1900
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  • OSD was 1st school for the Deaf to have baseball
  • Hoy was trained in shoemaking
  • Graduated 1879- valedictorian after only 8 years
    of education
  • Returned home opened shoe-repair shop
  • Business was slow in summertime- Why?

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  • Hoy his 3 brothers joined the Stonewall
    Jackson club (amateur team)
  • Played as catcher
  • Under estimated as he was small (54 or 55
    tall 145-155 lbs)
  • Invited to play on other teams locally-
  • Decided he was good enough to try pro baseball

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  • Age 24, (1886)closed his shop, boarded a train in
    middle of night to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Didnt tell his strict parents Why?
  • 1886- began pro career in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for
    75 a month how much today?
  • Later- went home, sold the shop, got the
    blessing from his parents
  • Dummy- nickname for any Deaf player- Hoy proud
    to be called Dummy Why?

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Hand Signals
  • Taught his teammates fingerspelling signs
  • They used them as secret signals during games
  • 1887- asked teammate/coach to use his arms to
    signal strikes balls

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MAJOR LEAGUE TIME
  • 1888- Joins Washington Senators
  • Led national league in base stealing after rookie
    year (82)
  • June 18, 1889- did something incredible against
    IndianapolisWhat ????

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Washington Senators Field circa 1901
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  • 1890- joined Buffalo Brotherhood team
  • 1891 joined St. Louis Browns
  • 1892 back to Washington
  • 1894- sold to Cincinnati Reds (4 seasons)gtgtgt 1894
    team
  • 1898- traded to Louisville Colonels
  • 1901- Chicago White Sox May 1st- hit 2nd
    grand-slam home run in new American League. They
    won the pennant

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1902 returned to RedsAugust 7, 1902- Reds
released him
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End of Baseball Career
  • 1,792 games in major leagues
  • .291 lifetime batting average
  • Finished career in Los Angeles in winter league
  • Married Anna Maria Lowery (Deaf) in 1903
  • 3 children- Carmen, Clover, Carson
  • 1903- bought dairy farm Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Sold farm in 1924
  • Coached Goodyear Silents1919-1920

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Hoy Honored
  • 1951- 1st player in AAAD hall of fame
  • October 7, 1961- tossed 1st ball at Opening Day
    of 3rd World Series game Reds vs Yankees at
    Crosley Field
  • Finally..
  • December 15, 1961- died of a stroke (99 years old)

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Should he be in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
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William Hoy Film
  • Location- My Videos
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