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Billy Nash

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b. June 24, 1865 · Richmond Virginians 1884, Boston Beaneaters 1885–1889, 1891–1895, Boston Reds 1890, Philadelphia Phillies 1896–1898

He played third base for the Boston clubs that won pennants in 1891, 1892 and 1893, drove in 123 runs in the last of those years and 110 more in 1895, and captained the team. Fifteen seasons gave him 1,616 hits, 271 doubles, 1,080 runs batted in, 805 walks, 269 stolen bases and a .275 average.

In November 1895 Boston traded him to Philadelphia for Billy Hamilton straight up, which is one of the rare cases of two everyday stars changing places for each other. Hamilton went on to the Hall of Fame; Nash hit .265 for three years in Philadelphia and managed the club in 1896.

He was regarded in his time as the best fielding third baseman in the game, playing well off the bag and charging bunts, which was new. He worked in Philadelphia after baseball. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him. He died in 1929, at sixty-four.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1884 RIC 451663133 881 01200 .199
1885 BSN 2694924 400 11290 .255
1886 BSN 10941761117 1181 45242816 .281
1887 BSN 121475100140 24126 94603043 .295
1888 BSN 13552671149 18154 75504620 .283
1889 BSN 12848184132 2023 76794426 .274
1890 BOS 132501111138 3265 94904330 .275
1891 BSN 14053792148 2495 95745028 .276
1892 BSN 13552694137 2554 95594231 .260
1893 BSN 128485115141 27610 123852930 .291
1894 BSN 132512132148 2368 87912320 .289
1895 BSN 13351397149 24610 110741918 .290
1896 PHI 652272956 913 3034213 .247
1897 PHI 1043374587 2020 3960204 .258
1898 PHI 2070917 210 911100 .243
Career 1553586710801616 2718760 983805414269 .275

Pitching, season by season

YearTeam WLG GSSVIP HERBB SOERA
1889 BSN 0010 01.00 0100.00
1890 BOS 0010 00.11 0000.00
Career 0020 01.11 010 0.00

On this day & linked events

1865

Born June 24, 1865

Richmond, VA, USA

1929

Died November 15, 1929

1884

Major-league debut: Billy Nash

Billy Nash made a major-league debut on August 5, 1884.

1898

Final major-league game: Billy Nash

Billy Nash played a final major-league game on May 28, 1898.

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