William Hoy - known as Dummy - was a celebrated major league baseball player in the early days of the game. He led the league in stolen bases, hit over .300, and was one of baseball’s finest centerfielders. The amazing thing about Dummy Hoy is that he was deaf.

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Join the campaign to add Dummy Hoy to the Hall of Fame: https://www.signforhoy.com

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7610652/2026/09/20/deaf-mlb-dummy-hoy-hall-of-fame/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_Hoy

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/William-Hoy/

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dummy_Hoy.jpg

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