Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero (49:46)

Being the first baseball player in the major leagues (1888), William Ellsworth Hoy "Dummy Hoy" not only gave birth to hand signals in baseball (that is still used today in all leagues around the world) but also had a stunning baseball career. Only 5'5 and 150 pounds, he played for 18 seasons stealing over 600 bases; Batting average .288; average 2,054 hits; 1,004 walks; fild average .977 wieh 45 assists; he played 1,798 major-league games. Dummy Hoy lined to be 99.

Added: 06/26/09 | From Documentary Features on The Documentary Channel

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gotcha52, posted November 18, 2009, 03:54 AM

HELLO AGAIN OH I FORGET ONE MORE THING IF DUMMY HOY WIN IN HALL OF FAME WE ALL MUST GO TO COOPERTOWN N.Y. ROOT FOR HIM SOMEDAY THANKS

gotcha52, posted November 18, 2009, 03:39 AM

DUMMY HOY (OFC) SHOULD GO IN HALL OF FAME , HE IS VERY GOOD HITTER , SPEED AND THROW I NEVER FORGET HE DID THREW THREE TIME OUT AT HOME PLATE FROM CENTERFEILD IN A ONE GAME AS NO ONE BEAT HIM ALSO HE STEAL BASE 82 TIME WITH FIRST YEAR (ROOKIE) OKAY WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD I WAS PITCHER AND FIVE SCOUT CALL ME FOR TRY-OUT FROM BALTIMORE ORIOLES,NY YANKEES, NY METS ,MILWAUKEE BRAVES AND PHA. PHILLIES I DID PITCHER FIVE STRIKEOUT IN THREE INNINNINNG AND I TOLD ALL THEM DONT WORRY ABOUT MY EAR (DEAF) WORRY ABOUT MY ARM X I SAY WHY U CALL ME AS U KNOW MY ARM VERY GOOD THROW THEN THEY NEVER SAY NOTHING TO ME THEN I WENT HOME X CRYING. BASEBALL IS OVER FOR ME THEN I JOIN SOFTBALL FOR THE DEAF FOR 30 YEARS OKAY IN MY MIND ALWAY WITH DUMMY HOY AND MYSELF DUMMYCARL LET GO FOR DUMMY HOY IN HALL OF FAME THANKS

gotcha52, posted November 17, 2009, 12:06 PM

hello

gotcha52, posted November 17, 2009, 12:04 PM

hello

Deafyoungman, posted November 15, 2009, 06:06 PM

Dummy Hoy deserve to have Hall of Fames is very recommendation. Ofc, He is our Deaf Heroes to all of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. If I were to fight that Dummy Hoy should have Hall of Fames, I will do in heartbeat. Because I do believe in what we can do just about anything but hear. We are no Different from Hearing people. Being Deaf does not means we are dumb or stupid, DEAF is a word that describe the person who cannot hear the sounds or words. Most of us could hear in Low fequency. I am Deaf and I can hear in low Fequency sound without hearing aid, not high Fequency. I guess Hearing people cannot hear low fequency but high Fequency.. Anyway... I, Brian Buckley, Demand Dummy Hoy receives/deserves Hall of Fames. I guess I can safely say I speak for all Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community. Dummy Hoy Deserves it. He earned the hard work to show Deaf can do anything but hear. People of Hall of Fames director or board of baseball owners or someone, I am asking you to give Dummy Hoy Hall Of Fame... Thank you

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