1884 Kansas City Cowboys season

1884 Kansas City Cowboys
Major league affiliations
Union Association (Since 1884)
Location
Association Park (Since 1884) Kansas City, Missouri (Since 1884)
1884 Information
Owner(s)
Manager(s)	Harry Wheeler, Matthew Porter, Ted Sullivan

The 1884 Kansas City Cowboys season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 16-63 record in the Union Association, finishing in eleventh place. This was the only season this version of the team existed, and indeed the only season the Union Association existed.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Opening Day lineup 1.2 Season standings 1.3 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Starters by position 2.1.2 Other batters 2.2 Pitching 2.2.1 Starting pitchers 2.2.2 Other pitchers 3 Notes 4 References

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

Union Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Maroons	94	19	--	.832
Milwaukee Brewers	8	4	35.5	.667
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	69	36	21.0	.657
Baltimore Monumentals	58	47	32.0	.552
Boston Reds	58	51	34.0	.532
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies	41	50	42.0	.451
Washington Nationals	47	65	46.5	.420
Philadelphia Keystones	21	46	50.0	.313
St. Paul Saints	2	6	39.5	.250
Altoona Mountain City	6	19	44.0	.240
Kansas City Cowboys	16	63	61.0	.203
Wilmington Quicksteps	2	16	44.5	.111

Roster

1884 Kansas City Cowboys
Roster
Pitchers Jersey Bakely Dick Blaisdell Doug Crothers Frank Foreman Ernie Hickman Bill Hutchinson John Kirby Catchers Nin Alexander Kid Baldwin Charlie Cady Al Dwight		Infielders Charlie Bastian Charlie Berry Ed Callahan Clarence Cross Jim Cudworth Jumbo Davis John Deasley Jim Donnelly Joe Ellick Charlie Fisher Jack Gorman Henry Luff Frank McLaughlin Billy O'Brien Henry Oberbeck Jimmy Say Lou Say George Strief Pat Sullivan Jerry Sweeney Jerry Turbidy Milt Whitehead		Outfielders Bob Black Jim Chatterton Joe Connors Harry Decker Bill Dugan Frank Kreeger Barney McLaughlin Matthew Porter Emmett Seery Taylor Shafer Joe Strauss Ted Sullivan Peek-A-Boo Veach Alex Voss Harry Wheeler Wills Frank Wyman		Manager Matthew Porter Ted Sullivan Harry Wheeler

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
3B	Sullivan, PatPat Sullivan	31	114	22	.193	0
OF	McLaughlin, BarneyBarney McLaughlin	42	162	37	.228	0
OF	Wyman, FrankFrank Wyman	30	124	27	.218	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Black, BobBob Black	38	146	36	.247	1
McLaughlin, FrankFrank McLaughlin	32	123	28	.228	1
Veach, Peek-A-BooPeek-A-Boo Veach	27	82	11	.134	1
Wheeler, HarryHarry Wheeler	14	62	16	.258	0
Voss, AlexAlex Voss	14	45	4	.089	0
Donnelly, JamesJames Donnelly	6	23	3	.130	0
Porter, MatthewMatthew Porter	3	12	1	.083	0
Sullivan, TedTed Sullivan	3	9	3	.333	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hickman, ErnieErnie Hickman	17	137.1	4	13	4.52	68
Black, BobBob Black	16	123	4	9	3.22	93
Veach, Peek-A-BooPeek-A-Boo Veach	12	104	3	9	2.42	62
Voss, AlexAlex Voss	7	53	0	6	4.25	17
Bakely, JerseyJersey Bakely	5	33	2	3	2.45	13
Blaisdell, DickDick Blaisdell	3	26	0	3	8.65	8
Crothers, DougDoug Crothers	3	25	1	2	1.80	11
Hutchinson, BillBill Hutchinson	2	17	1	1	2.65	5
Wheeler, HarryHarry Wheeler	1	8	0	1	1.13	6
Foreman, FrankFrank Foreman	1	8	0	1	5.63	5
Sullivan, PatPat Sullivan	1	7	0	1	11.57	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
McLaughlin, BarneyBarney McLaughlin	7	48.2	1	3	5.36	14
Wyman, FrankFrank Wyman	3	21	0	1	6.86	9
McLaughlin, FrankFrank McLaughlin	2	10	0	0	5.40	3

Notes

References

• 1884 Kansas City Cowboys team page at Baseball Reference

1884 MLB season by team National League Boston • Buffalo • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • Providence American Association Baltimore • Brooklyn • Cincinnati • Columbus • Indianapolis • Louisville • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburg • Richmond • St. Louis • Toledo • Washington Union Association Altoona • Baltimore • Boston • Chicago/Pittsburgh • Cincinnati • Kansas City • Milwaukee • Philadelphia • St. Louis • St. Paul • Washington • Wilmington 1884 World Series