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{{Short description|American baseball player (1858–1932)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Dan Brouthers
|image=Danbrouthers.jpg
|caption=Brouthers in 1887
|position=[[First baseman]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{birth date|1858|5|8}}
|birth_place=[[Sylvan Lake, New York]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1932|8|2|1858|5|8}}
|death_place=[[East Orange, New Jersey]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 23
|debutyear=1879
|debutteam=Troy Trojans
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 4
|finalyear=1904
|finalteam=New York Giants
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.342
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=2,296
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=106
|stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,296
|teams=
* [[Troy Trojans (MLB team)|Troy Trojans]] ({{baseball year|1879}}–{{baseball year|1880}})
* [[Buffalo Bisons (NL)|Buffalo Bisons]] ({{baseball year|1881}}–{{baseball year|1885}})
* [[Detroit Wolverines]] ({{baseball year|1886}}–{{baseball year|1888}})
* [[Boston Beaneaters]] ({{baseball year|1889}})
* [[Boston Reds (1890–91)|Boston Reds]] ({{baseball year|1890}}–{{baseball year|1891}})
* [[Brooklyn Grooms]] ({{baseball year|1892}}–{{baseball year|1893}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899)|Baltimore Orioles]] ({{baseball year|1894}}–{{baseball year|1895}})
* [[Louisville Colonels]] ({{baseball year|1895}})
* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{baseball year|1896}})
* [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] ({{baseball year|1904}})
|highlights=
* 4× [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|NL batting champion]] (1882, 1883, 1889, 1892)
* 2× [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders|NL home run leader]] (1881, 1886)
* 2× [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|NL RBI leader]] (1883, 1892)
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate=[[1945 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1945]]
|hofmethod=Old-Timers Committee
}}
'''Dennis Joseph''' "'''Dan'''" '''Brouthers''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|uː|θ|ər|z}};<ref name="billjames438">{{cite book |title=The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract |last=James |first=Bill |year=2003 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=0-7432-2722-0 |page=438 }}</ref> May 8, 1858 – August 2, 1932) was an American [[first baseman]] in [[Major League Baseball]] whose career spanned the period from {{baseball year|1879}} to {{baseball year|1896}}, with a brief return in {{baseball year|1904}}. Nicknamed "'''Big Dan'''" for his size, he was {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m}} and weighed {{convert|207|lb|kg}}, which was large by 19th-century standards.<ref name="library">{{cite web|title=The Ballplayers: Dan Brouthers |work=baseballbiography.com |url=https://baseballbiography.com/dan-brouthers-1858 |access-date=2008-06-15 }}</ref>

Recognized as the first great slugger in baseball history,<ref name="fame">{{cite web| title = The National Baseball Hall of Fame: Dan Brouthers | work = baseballhalloffame.org | url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=111524 | access-date = 2008-06-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080112220118/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=111524 |archive-date = January 12, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> and among the greatest sluggers of his era, he briefly held the career [[home run]] record from {{baseball year|1887}} to {{baseball year|1889}},<ref name="homerunprogress">{{cite web| title = Progressive Leaders & Records for Home Runs | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_progress.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-19}}</ref> with his final total of 106 tying for the fourth most of the 19th century. His career [[slugging percentage]] of .520 remained the Major League record until [[Babe Ruth]] overtook him in the 1920s. At the time of his initial retirement, he also ranked second in career [[triple (baseball)|triples]] (205), and third in [[run batted in|runs batted in]] (1,296) and [[hit (baseball)|hits]].<ref>Brouthers is credited with differing totals in career hits; at the time, he was credited with 2,349 hits, a figure still recognized by Major League Baseball, but this total includes 71 walks in 1887, when walks were counted as hits. There are slight variations in other seasons as well, but most sources today credit Brouthers with 2,296 hits.</ref>

A dominant hitter during the prime of his career, he led (or was in the top of) the league in most offensive categories, including [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]], [[run (baseball)|runs scored]], runs batted in (RBI), [[on-base percentage]] and hits. He won five [[batting titles]] – the most of any player in the 19th century – and his career .342 batting average ranks 12th all-time. Brouthers is one of only 31 players in baseball history [[List of Major League Baseball players who played in four decades|who have appeared in Major League games in four decades]].

He was also an active players' union member, and was elected vice president of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players. In [[1945 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1945]], Brouthers was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]].

==Early life==
Brouthers was born in [[Sylvan Lake, New York]],<ref name="retrosheet">{{cite web| title = Dan Brouthers Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbroud101.htm | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> to Michael and Annie Brooder, [[Catholic]] immigrants from Ireland; upon arriving in New York, Michael Brooder had been recruited to [[Dutchess County]] to work in [[Open-pit mining|open pit]] iron mines in the town of [[Beekman, New York|Beekman]]. Brouthers may have been named after [[Saint Denis of Paris|Saint Denis]], as a local Catholic church by that name was founded in the same year.{{r|kerr|p=4}} Brouthers had siblings named Martin, Ellen, and Margaret.{{r|kerr|p=4–5}} The spelling of the family's name gradually shifted from ''Brooder'' to ''Bruder'' to ''Brouthers'' by 1880. The family eventually moved to the nearby hamlet of [[East Fishkill, New York|Fishkill Plains]] before settling in the village of [[Wappingers Falls]] where Michael found safer work at a textile printing mill.{{r|kerr|p=5}}

Brouthers played organized baseball beginning in childhood, from playing in the local sandlots<ref name="obit">{{cite web| title = Dan Brouthers' obituary | work = The New York Times, August 3, 1932 | url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Brouthers.Dan.Obit.html | access-date = 2008-06-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122715/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Brouthers.Dan.Obit.html |archive-date = September 29, 2007}}</ref> to the [[semi-professional]] Actives of Wappingers Falls. On July 7, {{baseball year|1877}}, while running the bases, he collided at home plate with a catcher, named Johnny Quigley, of the Clippers of Harlem. Quigley was knocked unconscious, having suffered a traumatic head injury, and later died from these injuries on August 12. The 19-year-old Brouthers was cleared of any wrongdoing by the authorities.<ref name="chrono">{{cite web|title=Dan Brouthers career chronology |work=baseballbiography.com |url=https://baseballbiography.com/dan-brouthers-1858 |access-date=2008-06-15 }}</ref>

==Major League career==

===Troy===
Brouthers made his Major League debut on June 23, {{baseball year|1879}}, for the [[Troy Trojans (MLB team)|Troy Trojans]], and contributed a [[single (baseball)|single]] in a come-from-behind victory against the [[Syracuse Stars (National League)|Syracuse Stars]].<ref name=chrono/> Although he was a [[first baseman]], he was called upon to pitch that season with the Trojans in three games, one of which was on August 21 against [[Tommy Bond (baseball)|Tommy Bond]] and the [[Boston Red Caps]]. Brouthers lost 16–0, and within two weeks he was released from the club.<ref name=chrono/> He hit .274 that first season, with four home runs, and had 17 RBIs in 39 [[games played]].<ref name=retrosheet/>

After his release, Brouthers played for a [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] team in [[Rochester, New York]], and on one occasion in {{baseball year|1880}}, he hit a game-winning home run in an exhibition game versus the [[Buffalo Bisons (NL)|Buffalo Bisons]], off future Hall of Fame pitcher [[Pud Galvin]].<ref name=chrono/> He hit well enough in the minors to get another shot with the Trojans, which lasted just three games when he had only two hits in 12 [[at bat]]s, and he was released again.<ref name="reference">{{cite web| title = Dan Brouthers career stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/broutda01.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref>

===Buffalo===
Brouthers got his first chance to be an everyday player in {{baseball year|1881}}, when he was signed by the Bisons, the team that he did well against the previous year. That season he batted .319, and played with them until the team folded after the {{baseball year|1885}} season. In his first season with the Bisons, he led the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) in home runs and [[slugging percentage]].<ref name=chrono/> Brouthers, along with teammates [[Jack Rowe]], [[Hardy Richardson]] and [[Deacon White]], became known as the "Big Four".<ref name=chrono/>  In 1882 and {{baseball year|1883}} he won his first two batting titles, posting .368 and .374 averages, respectively. Along with his two batting titles, during his time in Buffalo he also led the NL in slugging five times, hits and [[total bases]] twice each, and triples and RBIs once each,<ref name=reference/> with his 1883 total of 97 RBIs setting a new Major League record; [[Cap Anson]] had set the previous mark of 83 the year before, and retook the record the following year with a total of 102. On July 19, {{baseball year|1883}}, Brouthers went 6-for-6 with two [[double (baseball)|doubles]] in a 25–5 defeat of the [[Philadelphia Quakers (NL)|Philadelphia Quakers]].<ref name=chrono/>

===Detroit and The Brotherhood===
[[File:Dan Brouthers 0556fu.jpg|left|thumb|Tobacco card of Brouthers from 1888]]
At the end of the {{baseball year|1885}} season, Buffalo was going through financial trouble and were forced to sell off their players, so "The Big Four" were sold to the [[Detroit Wolverines]] of the NL for US$7,000.<ref name=reference/> In {{baseball year|1886}}, his first season in Detroit, he again led the league in slugging percentage, the sixth year in a row, and led the league in total bases and doubles and claimed his first home run title.  He finished within the top 10 in most offensive categories, including a third-place finish in the batting race with a lofty .370 average.<ref name=reference/> On September 10, {{baseball year|1886}}, Brouthers hit three home runs‚ along with a double and a single, to set the NL record with 15 total bases in one game. This mark tied the Major League record at the time, as [[Guy Hecker]] of the [[Louisville Colonels]] totaled 15 the previous month in the [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]].<ref name=chrono/>

The Detroit team was filled with stars from the era, including future Hall of Famers [[Sam Thompson (outfielder)|Sam Thompson]] and [[Ned Hanlon (baseball)|Ned Hanlon]], as well as [[second baseman]] [[Fred Dunlap]], the "Big Four", and the pitching of [[Lady Baldwin]] and [[Charlie Getzien]].<ref name="1886detroit">{{cite web| title = 1886 Detroit Wolverines season stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DTN/1886.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> The team finished with a record of 87 wins and 36 losses, in second place behind the [[Chicago White Stockings (1870–89)|Chicago White Stockings]] by {{frac|2|1|2}}&nbsp;games.<ref name="1886nl">{{cite web| title = 1886 National League Standings | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1886.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref>

During the off-season, on November 11, {{baseball year|1886}}, The Executive Council of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players‚ formed in 1885 as the first organized players' union, met and re-elected [[John Montgomery Ward]] as president, and elected Brouthers as vice president.<ref name=chrono/>

In {{baseball year|1887}}, with the 1886 roster intact,<ref name="1887detroit">{{cite web| title = 1887 Detroit Wolverines season stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DTN/1887.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> the Wolverines finished in first place, besting the Quakers by {{frac|3|1|2}} games. Brouthers batted .338, and led the league in runs scored with 153, doubles with 36, and on-base percentage, while again finishing in the top 10 in most offensive categories.<ref name=reference/> The Wolverines, behind the bats of Brouthers, Thompson and Richardson, led the League in batting, runs scored and slugging,<ref name="MHAL">{{cite web|title=Detroit Wolverines/1887 World Series |work=michigan.gov |url=http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_19271_19357-145945--,00.html |access-date=2008-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311160749/http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0%2C1607%2C7-160-15481_19271_19357-145945--%2C00.html |archive-date=March 11, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and went on to face the [[St. Louis Browns (NL)|St. Louis Browns]] in a best-of-15 post-season tournament, the "World's Series". The Wolverines sealed a series championship with their eighth victory in 11 games; however, the two teams finished the series anyway, with Detroit winning 10 games to the Browns' five.<ref name=chrono/><ref name="1887nl">{{cite web| title = 1887 National League Standings | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1887.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> Brouthers only played in one of those games, getting two hits in three at bats.<ref name="1887ws">{{cite web| title = 1887 World Series stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1887_WS.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref>

Following the season, on November 17, {{baseball year|1887}}, members of the NL officially recognized the Brotherhood and met with a Brotherhood committee that consisted of three players – Ward‚ Hanlon and Brouthers.<ref name=chrono/>

The {{baseball year|1888}} Detroit team did not fare as well, finishing in fifth place with a record of 68–63, which was a full 16 games behind the first-place [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]].<ref name="1888nl">{{cite web| title = 1888 National League Standings | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1888.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> Brouthers' numbers declined as well, as he did not produce at the same level of his previous seasons. Even with the lower numbers, he still led the league in runs scored with 118, and doubles for the third year in a row.<ref name=reference/> The team's decline is attributed to prolonged injuries sustained by key players, while turmoil that unfolded concerning veteran stars' salary demands, and with falling attendance numbers, the club was forced to fold at the season's end.<ref name=MHAL/> Brouthers was then purchased by the [[Boston Beaneaters]] of the NL on October 16.<ref name=reference/>

===Boston===
[[File:Dan Brouthers of the Boston Players League team - DPLA - f2f9e80e3c1ac26ddbbbccb06e2c81b7.jpg|left|thumb|Dan Brouthers of the Boston Players League team, 1887. Michael T. "Nuf Ced" McGreevy Collection, Boston Public Library.]]
In {{baseball year|1889}}, his only season with the Beaneaters, he batted a league-leading .373, along with 105 runs scored and 118 runs batted in; he [[strikeout|struck out]] only six times.<ref name=reference/> The first strikeout occurred on June 11 against [[Mickey Welch]] of the Giants.<ref name=chrono/>

After the season, he – along with many Major League players – jumped to the [[Players' League]], a league established by the Brotherhood which competed against the two other Major Leagues already in existence.<ref name="players">{{cite web| title = A Structure To Last Forever":The Players' League And The Brotherhood War of 1890 | work = by Ethan M. Lewis | url=http://www.ethanlewis.org/pl/ch1.html | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> Brouthers signed with the [[Boston Reds (1890–91)|Boston Reds]], and batted .330 while leading the league in on-base percentage and slugging.<ref name=retrosheet/> The Reds, behind the talents of Brouthers, [[Harry Stovey]], Hardy Richardson, [[Charles Radbourn]] and [[player-manager]] [[King Kelly]],<ref name="1890reds">{{cite web| title = 1890 Boston Reds season stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1890.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> finished in first place, {{frac|6|1|2}} games ahead of the [[Brooklyn Ward's Wonders]].<ref name="1890pl">{{cite web | title = 1890 Players' League Standings | work = baseball-reference.com | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/PL_1890.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090216191250/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/PL_1890.shtml | archive-date = 2009-02-16 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The Players' League lasted just the one season, and the Reds merged into the American Association, carrying many of the championship team's previous players.<ref name="1891reds">{{cite web| title = 1891 Boston Reds season stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1891.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> Again, the team won the league's championship, finishing {{frac|8|1|2}} games ahead of the St. Louis Browns.<ref name="1891aa">{{cite web| title = 1891 American Association Standings | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AA_1891.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> Brouthers led the league in batting average (.350), on-base percentage and slugging, while finishing second in triples with 19, sixth in doubles with 26, and third in RBIs with 109.<ref name=reference/>

===Later career===
[[File:Dan Brouthers HOF plaque.jpg|thumb|Plaque of Brouthers at the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]]]
After the American Association folded following the {{baseball year|1891}} season, Brouthers was sent to the [[Brooklyn Grooms]] of the NL,<ref name=reference/> where he played two seasons. Most of his success came in that first season, when he led the league in batting average, hits, RBIs and total bases.<ref name=reference/> For the {{baseball year|1893}} season, he played in only 77 of the team's games, but did well, hitting .337.<ref name=reference/> After the season, Brouthers was traded along with [[Willie Keeler]] to the [[Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899)|Baltimore Orioles]] for [[Billy Shindle]] and [[George Treadway]].<ref name=chrono/>

This trade brought in two future Hall of Fame players, which added to the already established Orioles core of players including [[third baseman]] [[John McGraw]], catcher [[Wilbert Robinson]], [[shortstop]] [[Hughie Jennings]], and [[center fielder]] [[Joe Kelley]], all future Hall of Fame members.<ref name="1894orioles">{{cite web| title = 1894 Baltimore Orioles season stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BLN/1894.shtml | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> The Orioles won the league's championship that season, and it was Brouthers' last full season in the majors, as he again produced great numbers, batting .347, finishing seventh in total bases, fifth in RBIs (128), fourth in doubles (39), and fifth in triples (23).<ref name=reference/>

During his career, and most notably during his time in Baltimore, he was known to always have his dog, an [[Irish setter]] named Kelly, and had him sit in the players' area. It is claimed that the players never minded much, as he was very well-behaved and never left the area to run out on the field or made much noise.<ref name="billjames438-9">{{cite book |title=The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract |last=James |first=Bill |year=2003 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=0-7432-2722-0 |pages=438–39 }}</ref>

Early in the {{baseball year|1895}} season, Baltimore sold Brouthers to the [[Louisville Colonels]] for $500, as his skills seemed to have diminished, and he only played in 24 of Louisville's games that season; he came back to hit .309 for them, ending the year with a .300 overall mark.<ref name=reference/> Following the season, Louisville sold him to the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] for $500, where he played in 57 games in {{baseball year|1896}}, batting .344.<ref name=reference/> After being released by the Phillies, Brouthers continued to play in the minors, in the Eastern League (now the [[International League]]) with [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[Toronto]] and [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] before finally "retiring" after the 1899 season. In 1903, however, Brouthers came back to play and coach in the Class D [[Hudson River League]]; after batting .373 for [[Poughkeepsie]] in {{baseball year|1904}}, he made it back to the majors with the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]], where he was 0-for-5 in a two-game stint.<ref name=reference/> (But Brouthers ''still'' wasn't done as a player; he returned to Poughkeepsie in 1905, then was named player/manager for the [[Newburgh Hill Climbers]] in 1906, where he notched six hits in 16 at-bats (.375) before finally hanging them up at the age of 48.

Brouthers is still among the all-time leaders in many offensive categories. His .342 batting average ranks ninth, 205 triples ranks eighth, and his .423 on-base percentage ranks 15th.<ref name=reference/> He is tied with [[Mike Tiernan]] for fourth among 19th-century home run hitters with a total of 106, behind [[Roger Connor]] (138), Sam Thompson (127), and Stovey (122).<ref name="dimitry">{{cite web| title = 19th Century Baseball History | work = geocities.com | url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/6925/oldbase.html | access-date = 2008-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020065321/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/6925/oldbase.html|archive-date=2009-10-20}}</ref>

==Later life and legacy==
[[File:Grave of Dan Brouthers.jpg|thumb|left|Brouthers' grave at St. Mary's Church Cemetery in Wappingers Falls]]
Brouthers played [[minor league baseball]] for the {{baseball year|1898}} [[Toronto Maple Leafs (International League)|Toronto Maple Leafs]] of the [[Eastern League (1884–1912)|Eastern League]], where he won a batting title with a .415 average.<ref name=library/> Later he played for the [[Poughkeepsie Colts]] of the [[Hudson River League]], batting a league-leading .373 at age 46.<ref name=obit/>

He remained near baseball for many years, working for his former teammate and New York Giants [[manager (baseball)|manager]] John McGraw, who placed him in charge of the [[Polo Grounds]] press gate.<ref name=library/> He was with the Giants for nearly 20 years in this and other capacities.<ref name=obit/>

On [[New Year's Eve]] in 1884, Brouthers married Mary Ellen Croak, an Irish immigrant to New York and fellow Catholic, at St. Mary's in Wappingers Falls. They had four children together and were married for 48 years until his death.<ref name="kerr">{{cite book |last1=Kerr |first1=Roy |title=Big Dan Brouthers: Baseball's First Great Slugger |date=2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786475605 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EaYCAQAAQBAJ |access-date=5 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

Brouthers died at the age of 74 at his home in [[East Orange, New Jersey]], and is interred at [[St. Mary's Church (Wappingers Falls, New York)|St. Mary's Church]] Cemetery in Wappingers Falls, New York.<ref name="obit"/><ref name=retrosheet/> There is a statue dedicated to him located in Veteran's Park in the same village.<ref name="ballpark">{{cite web| title = Dan Brouthers' Monument | work = www.ballparkreviews.com | url=http://www.ballparkreviews.com/places/brouthers.htm | access-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref> In {{baseball year|1945}}, Brouthers and several other stars of the era prior to 1910 were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.<ref name=library/><ref name=fame/> In honor of his achievements in Buffalo, he was inducted into the newly formed [[Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-8132850|title=Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame|access-date=29 August 2012}}</ref> In 1999, a survey of the [[Society for American Baseball Research]] ranked him as the sixth-greatest player of the 19th century.<ref>{{cite journal |date=July–August 1999 |title=SABR Century Survey Results |journal=The SABR Bulletin |volume=29 |issue=7 |pages=8–9 |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |location=Cleveland }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
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* [[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball players who played in four decades]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball doubles records]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball triples records]]
* [[Major League Baseball titles leaders]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dan-brouthers/ Dan Brouthers] at [[Society for American Baseball Research|SABR]] Bio Project

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[[Category:Poughkeepsie Colts players]]
[[Category:Rochester Bronchos players]]
[[Category:Rochester (minor league baseball) players]]
[[Category:Springfield Ponies players]]
[[Category:Springfield Maroons players]]
[[Category:Toronto Canucks players]]
[[Category:Troy Trojans (NL) players]]
[[Category:American people of Irish descent]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Dutchess County, New York]]