Jerry Denny Stats

Jerry Denny was born on Wednesday, March 16, 1859, in New York, New York. Denny was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 2, 1881, with the Providence Grays. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jerry Denny baseball stats page.

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"Wide-ranging Jerry Denny snared batted balls equally well with both hands, although he seldom used a fielder's glove, he ranks among baseball's most sure-handed third baseman." - Historian Frederick Ivor-Campbell in Nineteenth Century Stars (1989)

Jerry Denny



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Birth Name:   Jeremiah Dennis Eldridge
Nickname:   Jerry
Born On:   03-16-1859  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New York, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-16-1927 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Houston, Texas
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, Houston, Texas
High School:   St. Mary's College of California (San Francisco, CA)
College:   Saint Mary's College of California
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   05-02-1881 (Age 22)
Last Game:   07-10-1894
Draft:   Not Applicable

Jerry Denny

Jerry Denny Pitching Stats

1888 29 Hoosiers 1 0 1 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 4.0 22 5 4 5 1 4 - 1 3 0 0 -
1 Year 1 0 1 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 4.0 22 5 4 5 1 4 - 1 3 0 0 -

Jerry Denny

Jerry Denny Hitting Stats

1881 22 Grays 85 320 38 77 16 2 1 0 24 5 - 44 - - 0 - .241 .252 .313
1882 23 Grays 84 329 54 81 10 9 2 0 42 4 - - - - 0 - .246 .255 .350
1883 24 Grays 98 393 73 108 26 8 8 0 55 9 - - - - 0 - .275 .291 .443
1884 25 Grays 110 439 57 109 22 9 6 0 59 14 - - - - 0 - .248 .272 .380
1885 26 Grays 83 318 40 71 14 4 3 0 24 12 - 53 - - 0 - .223 .252 .321
1886 27 Maroons 119 475 58 122 24 6 9 0 62 14 - - - - 0 - .257 .278 .389
1887 28 Hoosiers 122 497 86 152 34 12 11 0 97 13 - 22 - - 3 - .306 .327 .463
1888 29 Hoosiers 126 524 92 137 27 7 12 0 63 9 - 79 - - 2 - .261 .277 .408
1889 30 Hoosiers 133 578 96 163 24 0 18 1 112 27 - 63 - - 0 - .282 .314 .417
1890 31 Giants 114 437 50 93 18 7 3 0 42 28 - 62 - - 6 - .213 .270 .307
1891 32 Giants 4 16 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - - 0 - .250 .250 .313
1891 32 Spiders 36 138 17 31 5 0 0 0 21 12 - 23 - - 1 - .225 .291 .261
1891 32 Phillies 19 73 5 21 1 1 0 0 11 4 - 6 - - 0 - .288 .325 .329
1893 34 Colonels 44 175 22 43 5 4 1 0 22 9 - 15 - - 0 - .246 .283 .337
1894 35 Colonels 60 221 26 61 11 7 0 0 32 13 - 12 6 - 3 - .276 .325 .389
13 Years 1,237 4,933 714 1,273 238 76 74 1 667 173 0 382 6 - 15 - .258 .285 .382

Jerry Denny

Jerry Denny Fielding Stats

1881 Grays 3B 85 - - 387 4.6 325 144 181 62 12 n/a n/a n/a .840 0.00
1882 Grays 3B 84 - - 397 4.7 342 136 206 55 7 n/a n/a n/a .861 0.00
1883 Grays 3B 98 - - 418 4.3 366 178 188 52 13 n/a n/a n/a .876 0.00
1884 Grays 1B 9 - - 96 10.7 94 90 4 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .979 0.00
1884 Grays 2B 3 - - 17 5.7 16 3 13 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00
1884 Grays 3B 99 - - 357 3.6 312 144 168 45 5 n/a n/a n/a .874 0.00
1884 Grays C 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - .000 0.00
1885 Grays 3B 83 - - 328 4.0 285 128 157 43 10 n/a n/a n/a .869 0.00
1886 Maroons 3B 117 - - 505 4.3 452 182 270 53 22 n/a n/a n/a .895 0.00
1886 Maroons SS 3 - - 18 6.0 16 4 12 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
1887 Hoosiers 2B 1 - - 10 10.0 10 5 5 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1887 Hoosiers 3B 116 - - 521 4.5 463 201 262 58 21 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
1887 Hoosiers RF 1 - - 2 2.0 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1887 Hoosiers SS 4 - - 33 8.3 33 12 21 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Hoosiers 2B 5 - - 27 5.4 21 12 9 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .778 0.00
1888 Hoosiers 3B 96 - - 416 4.3 372 158 214 44 14 n/a n/a n/a .894 0.00
1888 Hoosiers CF 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Hoosiers P 1 0 12 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1888 Hoosiers SS 25 - - 167 6.7 153 65 88 14 9 n/a n/a n/a .916 0.00
1889 Hoosiers 2B 7 - - 45 6.4 41 22 19 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .911 0.00
1889 Hoosiers 3B 123 - - 520 4.2 475 199 276 45 12 n/a n/a n/a .913 0.00
1889 Hoosiers SS 5 - - 30 6.0 30 16 14 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Giants 2B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Giants 3B 106 - - 422 4.0 375 165 210 47 16 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
1890 Giants SS 7 - - 47 6.7 45 19 26 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00
1891 Giants 3B 4 - - 10 2.5 7 5 2 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .700 0.00
1891 Spiders 3B 29 - - 112 3.9 99 39 60 13 1 n/a n/a n/a .884 0.00
1891 Spiders OF 7 - - 13 1.9 11 10 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .846 0.00
1891 Phillies 1B 12 - - 128 10.7 125 123 2 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .977 0.00
1891 Phillies 3B 7 - - 23 3.3 21 7 14 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .913 0.00
1893 Colonels 3B 2 - - 12 6.0 12 6 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1893 Colonels SS 42 - - 250 6.0 230 91 139 20 16 n/a n/a n/a .920 0.00
1894 Colonels 3B 60 - - 239 4.0 209 85 124 30 12 n/a n/a n/a .874 0.00
3B Totals 1,109 0 0 4,667 4.2 4,115 1,777 2,338 552 147 n/a n/a n/a .882 0.00
SS Totals 86 0 0 545 6.3 507 207 300 38 35 n/a n/a n/a .930 0.00
1B Totals 21 0 0 224 10.7 219 213 6 5 11 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00
2B Totals 17 0 0 100 5.9 89 42 47 11 3 n/a n/a n/a .890 0.00
OF Totals 7 0 0 13 1.9 11 10 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .846 0.00
C Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a .000 0.00
RF Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
CF Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
P Totals 1 0 12 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
13 Years 1,244 0 12 5,553 4.5 4,944 2,251 2,693 609 196 1 n/a n/a .890 11,124.00

Jerry Denny

Jerry Denny Miscellaneous Stats

1881 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 320.0 7.3 13.3 - - -
1882 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 164.5 0.0 7.8 - - -
1883 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 49.1 0.0 7.1 - - -
1884 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 73.2 0.0 7.4 - - -
1885 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 106.0 6.0 13.3 - - -
1886 Maroons 16 - - 0 0 n/a 52.8 0.0 7.7 - - -
1887 Hoosiers 29 - - 0 0 n/a 45.2 22.6 5.1 - - -
1888 Hoosiers 32 - - 0 0 n/a 43.7 6.6 8.3 0.25 2.25 9.00
1889 Hoosiers 22 - - 0 0 n/a 32.1 9.2 5.2 - - -
1890 Giants 11 - - 0 0 n/a 145.7 7.0 10.4 - - -
1891 Giants 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 16.0 - - -
1891 Spiders 3 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 6.6 - - -
1891 Phillies 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 12.2 6.6 - - -
1893 Colonels 4 - - 0 0 n/a 175.0 11.7 8.0 - - -
1894 Colonels 10 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 18.4 6.9 - - -
13 Years 130 - - 0 0 n/a 66.7 12.9 7.4 0.25 2.25 9.00

Jerry Denny

Jerry Denny Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1881 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 St. Louis Maroons n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Indianapolis Hoosiers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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Greatest Players by Decade

Decade Catchers Catchers
1870-1880 Doug Allison Deacon White
1880-1890 Charlie Bennett Buck Ewing
1890-1900 Tom Daly Yank Robinson
1900-1912 Chief Meyers Billy Sullivan
Decade Pitchers Pitchers
1870-1880 Candy Cummings Al Spalding
1880-1890 John Clarkson Old Hoss Radbourn
1890-1900 Amos Rusie Cy Young
1900-1912 Christy Mathewson Rube Waddell
Decade First Base First Base
1870-1880 Wes Fisler Joe Start
1880-1890 Cap Anson Charlie Comiskey
1890-1900 Jake Beckley Dan Brouthers
1900-1912 Hal Chase Fred Tenney
Decade Second Base Second Base
1870-1880 Ross Barnes Al Reach (NA Only)
1880-1890 Fred Dunlap Bid McPhee
1890-1900 Nap Lajoie Fred Pfeffer
1900-1912 Eddie Collins Johnny Evers
Decade Third Base Third Base
1870-1880 Cap Anson Ezra Sutton
1880-1890 Jerry Denny Denny Lyons
1890-1900 John McGraw Billy Nash
1900-1912 Home Run Baker Jimmy Collins
Decade Shortstops Shortstops
1870-1880 Davy Force George Wright
1880-1890 Monte Ward Ned Williamson
1890-1900 Hughie Jennings Herman Long
1900-1912 Honus Wagner Bobby Wallace
Decade Left Fielders Left Fielders
1870-1880 Andy Leonard Lip Pike
1880-1890 Tip O'Neill George Wood
1890-1900 Ed Delahanty Joe Kelley
1900-1912 Fred Clarke Chick Stahl
Decade Center Fielders Center Fielders
1870-1880 Count Sensenderfer (NA Only) Harry Wright
1880-1890 Ned Hanlon Hardy Richardson
1890-1900 Billy Hamilton Bill Lange
1900-1912 Ty Cobb Tris Speaker
Decade Right Fielders Right Fielders
1870-1880 Jack Chapman Cal McVey
1880-1890 Joe Kelley Sam Thompson
1890-1900 Jesse Burkett Mike Tiernan
1900-1912 Sam Crawford Willie Keeler

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