Bob Addy

Bob Addy
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 runs1
Runs batted in167
Teams
  National Association of Base Ball Players
Rockford Forest Citys (1866–1870)
  League Player
Rockford Forest Citys (1871)
Philadelphia White Stockings (1873, 1875)
Boston Red Stockings (1873)
Hartford Dark Blues (1874)
Chicago White Stockings (1876)
Cincinnati Reds (1877)
  League Manager
Philadelphia White Stockings (1875)
Cincinnati Reds (1877)
Member of the Canadian
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2021

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][a]

  1. ^ a b "Bob Addy's career statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
  2. ^ "Players by birthplace: Canada Baseball Stats and Info". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2021.


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