Joe Quinn (baseball player)

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Joseph J. Quinn (December 25, 1864 – November 12, 1940) was an Australian second baseman in Major League Baseball. Born in Sydney, he was the only Australian-born player to reach the major leagues until 1986. He was a player-manager of the 1895 St. Louis Browns and the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who had the worst record in major league history. He died at age 75 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Trivia 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Teams

• St. Louis Maroons 1884 - 1886
• Boston Beaneaters 1888 - 1889,
• Boston Reds 1890
• Boston Beaneaters 1891 - 1892
• St. Louis Browns 1893 - 1896 (start)
• Baltimore Orioles 1896 (end) - 1898 (start)
• St. Louis Browns 1898 (end)
• Cleveland Spiders 1899
• Cincinnati Reds 1900 (start)
• St. Louis Cardinals 1900 (end)
• Washington Senators 1901

[edit] Trivia

In the off-season, Joe Quinn served as an undertaker.

[edit] Sources

• The Editors of Total Baseball (2000). Baseball:The Biographical Encyclopedia. Sports Illustrated, p. 909. ISBN 1-892129-34-5. 

[edit] External links

• Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
• Joseph J. Quinn on Find-a-Grave

Preceded by Al Buckenberger

St. Louis Browns Manager 1895

Succeeded by Lew Phelan