William James Duggleby (March 16, 1874 – August 30, 1944), nicknamed "Frosty Bill", was a 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 is the first of four major league players to hit a

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in his first major league at-bat, followed by

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, and

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. He was the only

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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

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for a career (82). Duggleby was one of the "jumpers" who left the Phillies in 1902 for other teams, including (in Duggleby's case)

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's new

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team, the Athletics. The Phillies filed suit to prevent the "jumpers" — in particular,

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, Bill Bernhard, and

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— from playing for any other team, a plea which was rejected by a lower court before being upheld by the

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. 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

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, in 1912. Duggleby, a native of

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, died in

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in 1944.

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