George Edward "Duffy" Lewis (April 18, 1888 – June 17, 1979) was an American
professional baseball
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Modern professiona ...
left fielder
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who played in
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) for the
Boston Red Sox
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, the
New York Yankees
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, and the
Washington Senators from 1910 to 1921.
Lewis attended
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California is a private Catholic college in Moraga, California. Established in 1863, it is affiliated with the Catholic Church and administered by the De La Salle Brothers. The college offers undergraduate and graduate ...
. He made his MLB debut with the Red Sox in 1910, where he formed the
Golden Outfield
The Golden Outfield, also called the Million Dollar Outfield, were the three starting outfielders of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball from 1910 through 1915, considered one of the greatest outfields of all time. The three members of ...
with
Tris Speaker
Tristram Edgar Speaker (April 4, 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player. Considered one of the greatest players in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), he compiled a career ba ...
and
Harry Hooper. He won three
World Series
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championships with Boston (
1912
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,
1915
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January
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, and
1916
Events
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January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
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). The Red Sox traded Lewis to the Yankees, where he played in 1919 and 1920, before they traded him to the Senators before the 1921 season. He continued to play and manage in the minor leagues until 1929.
Lewis continued to work in baseball as a
coach
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** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
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* Coac ...
for the
Boston Braves
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During it ...
from 1931 to 1935, and then as their traveling secretary through 1961. Lewis is a member of the
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
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and the
Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.
Early life
George Edward Lewis was born to Mary () and George Lewis on April 18, 1888, in
San Francisco
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, California. He acquired his nickname from his mother's
maiden name
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. He had an older brother and an older sister.
When Lewis was seven years old, he served as the
mascot
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for the local baseball team in
Alameda, California
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.
Playing career
Early career
Lewis attended
Saint Mary's College of California
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before making his
professional baseball
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Modern professiona ...
debut with the
Alameda Grays
Several different minor league baseball teams played in the city of Alameda, California from 1906 to 1915.
These included:
*The Alameda Grays (1906–1907) and Alameda Encinals (1908) of the California League
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of the
California State League There were at least three class D California State Leagues in operation at some point in minor league baseball history. Two lasted just a single season (1910 and 1929) and the other lasted three seasons 1913 through 1915.
The 1910 version was actua ...
in 1907. He played for the
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of the
Pacific Coast League
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(PCL) in 1908 and 1909.
[ He also played winter baseball in ]Yuma, Arizona
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, where he was first noticed by Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...
owner John I. Taylor
John Irving Taylor (January 14, 1875 – January 26, 1938) was an American baseball executive. He was principal owner of the Boston Red Sox from 1904 until 1911, and remained a part owner until 1914.
Biography
Taylor was the son of Charles H. Ta ...
.[ In September 1909, the Red Sox selected Lewis from Oakland in the Rule 5 draft. He finished the 1909 season with Oakland, and reported to ]spring training
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with the Red Sox in 1910.
Boston Red Sox
Lewis became the Red Sox starting left fielder
In baseball, a left fielder, abbreviated LF, is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound. In the numbering sys ...
in 1910. Harry Hooper, who had played left field for the Red Sox, became the right fielder
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. Along with Hooper and center fielder
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Tris Speaker
Tristram Edgar Speaker (April 4, 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player. Considered one of the greatest players in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), he compiled a career ba ...
, Lewis played in the Golden Outfield
The Golden Outfield, also called the Million Dollar Outfield, were the three starting outfielders of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball from 1910 through 1915, considered one of the greatest outfields of all time. The three members of ...
from 1910 to 1915. In his rookie season, Lewis batted .283 with eight home run
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s, second-most in the American League
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, and 29 doubles
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* Footvolley
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* Doubles te ...
, third-most in the league.[ In 1911, he batted .307 with seven home runs, In 1912, he batted .284 with six home runs. His 109 ]runs batted in
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(RBIs) were the second-most in the league.[ The Red Sox won the American League championship, and defeated the ]New York Giants
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in the 1912 World Series in eight games. Lewis batted .188 (6-for-32) in the series.
In 1913, Lewis batted .298 with no home runs. Babe Ruth
George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Su ...
made his major league debut on July 11, 1914, and Lewis pinch hit
In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute. Unlike basketball, America ...
for Ruth during the game.[ He was the only player to pinch hit for Ruth during the latter's major league career.][ Lewis finished the 1914 season with a .278 batting average. In 1915, Lewis batted .291 with 31 doubles, which was the second-most in the league. The Red Sox faced the ]Philadelphia Phillies
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in the 1915 World Series
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, and won in five games. Lewis batted .444 (8-for-18) against the Phillies. He also recorded five out of the 12 RBIs in the series for Boston.[ He drove in the game-winning runs in both Games 3 and 4, and made several catches that helped Boston win the series. After the World Series, Lewis returned to the ]San Francisco Bay Area
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, where he performed vaudeville
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shows at the Pantanges Theatre in Oakland for $500 a week ($ in current dollar terms).
The Red Sox traded Speaker to the Cleveland Indians
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in 1916, and Boston manager
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Management includes the activitie ...
Bill Carrigan experimented with playing Lewis in center field before returning him to left field.[ The Red Sox repeated as American League champions in 1916, with Lewis batting .268. In the 1916 World Series, the Red Sox defeated the ]Brooklyn Robins
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in five games; Lewis batted .353 (6-for-17). Lewis batted .302 for the Red Sox in 1917; it was the ninth-highest batting average in the league that season.
Later playing career
Lewis did not play for the Red Sox during the 1918 season due to his service in the United States Navy
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during World War I
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. He enlisted as a yeoman
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and was stationed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean. It is located northeast of San Francisco in Vallejo, California. The Napa River goes through the Mare Island Strait and separates t ...
, where he was the player-manager
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for the shipyard's baseball team. He became a chief petty officer
A chief petty officer (CPO) is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.
Canada
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before the end of his service. On December 18, 1918, the Red Sox traded Lewis, along with Dutch Leonard and Ernie Shore, to the New York Yankees
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for Ray Caldwell
Raymond Benjamin Caldwell (April 26, 1888 – August 17, 1967) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians from 1910 to 1921. He was known f ...
, Frank Gilhooley
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, Slim Love, Roxy Walters
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and $15,000 ($ in current dollar terms). He batted .272 with seven home runs for the Yankees in 1919, while leading the American League with 141 games played
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Basebal ...
. He began to lose playing time in 1920 following the major league debut of Bob Meusel
Robert William Meusel (July 19, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American baseball left and right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eleven seasons from 1920 through 1930, all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was best ...
and the acquisition of Ruth from Boston, but Lewis still batted .271 in 107 games played.[ On December 31, 1920, the Yankees traded Lewis and ]George Mogridge
George Anthony Mogridge (February 18, 1889 – March 4, 1962) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox (1911–12), New York Yankees (1915–20), Washington Senators (1921–25 ...
to the Washington Senators for Braggo Roth
Robert Frank Roth (August 28, 1892 – September 11, 1936), nicknamed Braggo, was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball over parts of eight seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Phi ...
. Lewis batted .186 in 27 games for Washington before he was released in June.[
]
After he was released from Washington, Lewis signed with the Salt Lake City Bees of the PCL for the remainder of the 1921 season. He led the PCL with a .403 batting average in 1921. He served as player-manager for Salt Lake City from 1922 through 1924.[ While he was with Salt Lake City, the Red Sox hired him to serve as a ]scout
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** Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom
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based in the Western United States
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. Lewis was the player-manager for the Portland Beavers
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of the PCL for the 1925 season, and for the Mobile Bears of the Southern Association
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for the 1926 season. Disappointed with the team's performance, Lewis resigned from Mobile in June 1926. He finished the 1926 season as a left fielder for the Jersey City Skeeters of the International League
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. In 1927, he was player-manager for the Portland Eskimos
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of the New England League, and they won the league championship that season. He retired as a player after the 1927 season, but remained as Portland's manager in the 1928 season. He began the 1929 season managing Portland, but resigned in June, citing poor health.
Career retrospective
Lewis led all American League left fielders in assists in 1910 (30), 1911 (27), 1912 (23), and 1913 (26). He finished his major league career with 209 assists, the third-most among major league left fielders behind Jimmy Sheckard
Samuel James Tilden Sheckard (November 23, 1878 – January 15, 1947) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Superbas (1897–98, 1900–01, 1902–05), Baltimore Orioles (NL) (1899), Balti ...
(243) and Zach Wheat (231). Lewis also led all American League left fielders in double play
In baseball and softball, a double play (denoted as DP in baseball statistics) is the act of making two outs during the same continuous play. Double plays can occur any time there is at least one baserunner and fewer than two outs.
In Major Lea ...
s turned in 1910 (eight), and in putout
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* Tagging a runner wi ...
s in 1910 (264)[ and 1912 (300).][ His .985 ]fielding percentage
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was the ninth-best for all American League outfielders in 1919.
At bat, Lewis was a line-drive hitter who was often the cleanup hitter
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in the batting order. He was considered to be a clutch hitter. In 11 seasons, Lewis batted .284 with 38 home runs, 793 RBIs, 1,518 hits
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, 289 doubles, and 68 triples.[
]
Duffy's Cliff
In 1912, the Red Sox moved into Fenway Park
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, which featured a high mound that formed an incline in front of the left field wall, now better known as the Green Monster. Lewis practiced catching the ball on the way up the incline and throwing the ball while descending. He mastered fielding on the incline to such an extent that it became known as "Duffy's Cliff".[ Sports cartoons of the period often depicted him as a mountain climber making catches amid sheep and snowcaps. The mound was removed during renovations of Fenway Park conducted in 1934.
]
Later career
Lewis had invested his money in the stock market, and lost it in the stock market crash of 1929
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, compelling him to return to baseball.[ He became a ]coach
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* Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process
** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
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* Coac ...
for the Boston Braves
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During it ...
in 1931. He coached the Braves through 1935. Ruth played with the Braves in 1935, and Lewis witnessed Ruth's final major league home run, much as he had witnessed Ruth's first home run with the Red Sox.[ He became the Braves' traveling secretary in 1936, and always insisted on ]first class travel
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. Lewis stayed with the organization through their relocation to Milwaukee
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. He retired from the Braves in 1961.[
]
Later life
Lewis married Eleanor Ruth Keane of Boston, a fan that he met at the Huntington Avenue Grounds
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, after the 1911 season. They did not have children.[ Together, they built a house in ]Boyes Hot Springs, California
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, but the house and their possessions were destroyed in a fire in 1923.
After his baseball career, Lewis and his wife retired to Salem, New Hampshire
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, where he had VIP box seats at Rockingham Park. Eleanor died in 1976.[
Lewis died in Salem on June 17, 1979.] He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Londonderry, New Hampshire. As he had no money or living relatives, he was buried in an unmarked grave. When some volunteer caretakers found out about this, they began to raise money for one, with the Red Sox contributing. A headstone
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was dedicated in June 2001.
Lewis was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
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in 2002 and into the PCL Hall of Fame in 2012.
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