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1893 20 september 1937 new bedford , massachusetts right philadelphia , pennsylvania 1880 july 29 .289 122 908 outfielder / first baseman brooklyn grooms batting average home runs runs batted in may 1 20 december 1856 harry stovey athletics.jpg harry stovey
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harry stovey

harry duffield stovey -lrb- december 20 , 1856 -- september 20 , 1937 -rrb- , born harry duffield stowe , was a 19th-century major league baseball player and the first player in major league history to hit 100 home runs .
born in philadelphia , pennsylvania , stovey played for 14 seasons in the majors and was appointed player-manager on two separate occasions during his career .
known today as both a prolific home run hitter and base-stealer , he led the league in both categories multiple times in his career , including a season record of 14 home runs in and a league-leading 97 stolen bases in .
from 1880 to 1891 he appeared in the top 10 in home runs every year except 1887 , and led the league five times .
he was the first to wear sliding pads and among the first to slide feet first .
