Deacon White was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 2013 along with Hank O' Day and Jacob Ruppert. White was a 3B\C\OF with 20 seasons MLB experience playing with the Cleveland Forest Citys (1871-1872), Boston Red Stockings (1873-1875, 1877), Chicago White Stockings (1876), Cincinnati Reds (1878-1880), Buffalo Bisons (1881-1885, 1890), Detroit Wolverines (1886-1888) and Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1889). For his MLB career he hit .312/.346/.393 with 24 HR, 988 RBI, 1140 R, 70 SB in 1560 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1873 when he hit .392/.392/.508 with 1 HR, 77 RBI, 79 R, 19 SB in 60 games, 1875 when he hit .367/.372/.453 with 1 HR, 60 RBI, 76 R, 2 SB in 80 games and 1877 when he hit .387/.405/.545 with 2 HR, 49 RBI, 51 R, 0 SB in 59 games.
He was the National Association batting champ in 1875 and the National League batting champ in 1877. He led the National Association in RBI in 1873 and led the NL in RBI in 1876 (60) and 1877. He led the NL in triples in 1877 (11).
White also briefly served as Manager for Cleveland (1872) with an 0-2 record and Cincinnati (1879) with a 9-9 record.
Hall of Fame page
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