1884 Kansas City Cowboys Statistics

Union Association (UA)
Team Record: 16-63
Finished 11th in the UA
Manager: Harry Wheeler (0-4)
Manager: Matthew Porter (3-13)
Manager: Ted Sullivan (13-46)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

1884 Kansas City Cowboys Roster
1884 Kansas City Cowboys Results

The Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association ended the 1884 season with a record of 16 wins and 63 losses, finishing eleventh in the UA.

The Cowboys scored 311 runs and conceded 618 runs, while Peek-A-Boo Veach registered a 2.42 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Harry Wheeler, Matthew Porter and Ted Sullivan coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF
Bob Black	4	9	.308	3.22	16	15	1	13	123.0	127	79	44	1	17	93	11	527
Ernie Hickman	4	13	.235	4.52	17	17	0	15	137.3	172	146	69	5	36	68	27	635
Peek-A-Boo Veach	3	9	.250	2.42	12	12	0	12	104.0	95	57	28	1	10	62	10	429
Jersey Bakley	2	3	.400	2.45	5	5	0	3	33.0	29	16	9	0	4	13	4	136
Bill Hutchison	1	1	.500	2.65	2	2	0	2	17.0	14	11	5	0	1	5	1	68
Doug Crothers	1	2	.333	1.80	3	3	0	3	25.0	26	15	5	0	6	11	1	110
Barney McLaughlin	1	3	.250	5.36	7	4	3	4	48.7	62	44	29	2	15	14	5	228
Jim Cudworth	0	0		4.24	2	1	1	1	17.0	19	16	8	1	3	6	0	75
Frank McLaughlin	0	0		5.40	2	1	1	0	10.0	15	12	6	0	2	3	1	48
Frank Kreeger	0	1	.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	7.0	9	8	0	0	5	3	0	36
Harry Wheeler	0	1	.000	1.13	1	1	0	1	8.0	7	6	1	0	0	6	2	32
Jim Chatterton	0	1	.000	3.60	1	1	0	0	5.0	11	7	2	0	2	2	2	29
John Kirby	0	1	.000	4.09	2	2	0	1	11.0	13	10	5	0	2	1	1	49
Joe Connors	0	1	.000	4.50	2	1	1	1	12.0	24	14	6	1	0	1	2	61
Frank Foreman	0	1	.000	5.63	1	1	0	1	8.0	17	12	5	0	2	5	2	44
Willis Wyman	0	1	.000	6.86	3	1	2	1	21.0	37	29	16	0	3	9	8	105
Pat Sullivan	0	1	.000	11.57	1	1	0	0	7.0	15	17	9	1	5	1	0	42
Dick Blaisdell	0	3	.000	8.65	3	3	0	3	26.0	49	39	25	0	4	8	0	134
Henry Oberbeck	0	5	.000	5.76	6	4	2	3	29.7	47	35	19	0	3	6	2	142
Alex Voss	0	6	.000	4.25	7	6	1	6	53.0	74	45	25	2	7	17	5	246
Totals	16	62	.205	4.05	94	82	12	70	702.7	862	618	316	14	127	334	84	3176

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
Barney McLaughlin	42	171	162	15	37	7	3	0	9	.228	.269	.309	.578	50
Kid Baldwin	50	195	191	19	37	6	3	0	4	.194	.210	.257	.467	49
Bob Black	38	156	146	25	36	14	2	1	10	.247	.295	.390	.685	57
Thomas Gorman	25	110	106	22	34	4	2	0	4	.321	.345	.396	.742	42
Jerry Sweeney	31	133	129	16	34	3	0	0	4	.264	.286	.287	.573	37
Charlie Berry	29	119	118	15	29	6	1	1	1	.246	.252	.339	.591	40
Frank McLaughlin	32	132	123	17	28	11	0	1	9	.228	.280	.341	.622	42
Taylor Shafer	44	179	164	18	28	3	2	0	15	.171	.240	.213	.454	35
Willis Wyman	30	127	124	16	27	4	0	0	3	.218	.236	.250	.486	31
Pat Sullivan	31	118	114	15	22	3	1	0	4	.193	.220	.237	.457	27
Clarence Cross	25	99	93	13	20	1	0	0	6	.215	.263	.226	.488	21
Henry Oberbeck	27	97	90	7	17	3	0	0	7	.189	.247	.222	.470	20
Jim Cudworth	32	118	116	7	17	3	1	0	2	.147	.161	.190	.351	22
Harry Wheeler	14	65	62	11	16	1	0	0	3	.258	.292	.274	.567	17
Lou Say	17	72	70	6	14	2	0	1	2	.200	.222	.271	.494	19
Joe Strauss	16	61	60	4	12	3	0	0	1	.200	.213	.250	.463	15
Ernie Hickman	19	73	72	4	12	1	0	0	1	.167	.178	.181	.359	13
Jerry Turbidy	13	52	49	5	11	4	0	0	3	.224	.269	.306	.575	15
Peek-A-Boo Veach	27	91	82	9	11	1	0	1	9	.134	.220	.183	.403	15
Al Dwight	12	45	43	8	10	2	0	0	2	.233	.267	.279	.546	12
Harry Decker	23	80	75	8	10	2	0	0	5	.133	.188	.160	.348	12
Charlie Bastian	11	50	46	6	9	3	0	1	4	.196	.260	.326	.586	15
Nin Alexander	19	66	65	2	9	0	0	0	1	.138	.152	.138	.290	9
Charlie Fisher	10	40	40	3	8	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.250	.450	10
John Deasley	13	42	40	3	7	2	0	0	2	.175	.214	.225	.439	9
Jumbo Davis	7	29	29	3	6	0	0	0	0	.207	.207	.207	.414	6
George Strief	15	60	56	5	6	5	0	0	4	.107	.167	.196	.363	11
Dick Blaisdell	4	16	16	1	5	1	0	0	0	.313	.313	.375	.688	6
Ed Callahan	3	11	11	0	4	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	4
Billy O'Brien	4	17	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	4
Jack Gorman	8	31	31	3	4	1	0	0	0	.129	.129	.161	.290	5
Alex Voss	14	45	45	1	4	0	0	0	0	.089	.089	.089	.178	4
Ted Sullivan	3	10	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	.333	.400	.333	.733	3
Jersey Bakley	6	21	20	3	3	1	0	0	1	.150	.190	.200	.390	4
Wills	5	21	21	2	3	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.190	.333	4
Milt Whitehead	5	22	22	2	3	0	0	0	0	.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Jim Donnelly	6	24	23	2	3	1	0	0	1	.130	.167	.174	.341	4
Emmett Seery	1	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.500	.600	.750	1.350	3
Jimmy Say	2	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Bill Hutchison	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Jim Chatterton	4	17	15	4	2	1	0	0	2	.133	.235	.200	.435	3
Doug Crothers	4	15	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	2
John Kirby	2	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Joe Connors	3	12	11	2	1	0	0	0	1	.091	.167	.091	.258	1
Matthew Porter	3	12	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	.083	.083	.167	.250	2
Harry Luff	5	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	.053	.100	.053	.153	1
Frank Kreeger	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charlie Cady	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank Foreman	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Ellick	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Dugan	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	745	2925	2802	311	557	104	15	6	123	.199	.232	.253	.486	709

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Jerry Sweeney	1B	31	264.0	304	14	14	15	.958	1.841	1.258	0
Thomas Gorman	1B	24	211.0	264	4	13	7	.954	11.431	11.167	0
Jim Cudworth	1B	19	143.0	176	6	7	9	.963	11.455	9.579	0
Henry Oberbeck	1B	3	21.0	28	1	1	0	.967	12.429	9.667	0
Willis Wyman	1B	3	20.0	26	0	2	0	.929	11.700	8.667	0
Jim Chatterton	1B	2	19.0	24	1	2	2	.926	11.842	12.500	0
Billy O'Brien	1B	1	14.0	17	1	0	0	1.000	11.571	18.000	0
Peek-A-Boo Veach	1B	1	12.0	15	0	0	0	1.000	11.250	15.000	0
Charlie Berry	2B	22	175.0	63	55	15	6	.887	6.069	5.364	0
George Strief	2B	15	142.0	56	52	12	9	.900	6.845	7.200	0
Charlie Bastian	2B	11	87.0	28	29	3	3	.950	5.897	5.182	0
Barney McLaughlin	2B	12	85.0	30	19	9	3	.845	5.188	4.083	0
Frank McLaughlin	2B	10	83.0	23	27	9	2	.847	5.422	5.000	0
Bob Black	2B	6	48.0	17	15	4	2	.889	6.000	5.333	0
Milt Whitehead	2B	3	23.0	2	10	2	0	.857	4.696	4.000	0
Joe Strauss	2B	2	19.0	5	7	3	1	.800	5.684	6.000	0
Al Dwight	2B	1	12.0	3	5	1	0	.889	6.000	8.000	0
Joe Ellick	2B	1	11.0	4	3	2	0	.778	5.727	7.000	0
Taylor Shafer	2B	1	7.0	3	1	1	0	.800	5.143	4.000	0
Lou Say	2B	1	5.0	3	1	0	0	1.000	7.200	4.000	0
Kid Baldwin	2B	1	5.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	7.200	4.000	0
Charlie Cady	2B	1	3.0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Peek-A-Boo Veach	2B	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Pat Sullivan	3B	21	160.0	31	35	20	5	.767	3.713	3.143	0
Henry Oberbeck	3B	15	129.0	26	39	14	2	.823	4.535	4.333	0
Charlie Fisher	3B	9	81.0	10	22	13	0	.711	3.556	3.556	0
Frank McLaughlin	3B	9	73.0	17	8	12	0	.676	3.082	2.778	0
Jumbo Davis	3B	7	58.0	5	14	11	0	.633	2.948	2.714	0
Jim Donnelly	3B	5	47.0	8	7	13	0	.536	2.872	3.000	0
Jack Gorman	3B	4	33.0	7	4	8	0	.579	3.000	2.750	0
Harry Luff	3B	4	30.0	3	5	10	0	.444	2.400	2.000	0
Billy O'Brien	3B	3	25.0	1	9	4	0	.714	3.600	3.333	0
Joe Strauss	3B	1	13.0	2	3	4	0	.556	3.462	5.000	0
Jimmy Say	3B	2	13.0	0	1	4	0	.200	.692	.500	0
Clarence Cross	3B	1	13.0	0	2	5	0	.286	1.385	2.000	0
Charlie Berry	3B	1	11.0	2	2	2	0	.667	3.273	4.000	0
Willis Wyman	3B	3	9.0	1	4	0	1	1.000	5.000	1.667	0
Milt Whitehead	3B	1	5.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.600	2.000	0
Kid Baldwin	3B	1	4.0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Taylor Shafer	3B	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Ernie Hickman	3B	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Kid Baldwin	C	44	362.0	199	86	37	4	.885	7.086	6.477	41
Nin Alexander	C	17	134.0	72	35	11	0	.907	7.187	6.294	32
Al Dwight	C	10	75.0	44	17	3	2	.953	7.320	6.100	12
Harry Decker	C	11	74.0	53	12	4	2	.942	7.905	5.909	16
Joe Strauss	C	3	16.0	6	5	3	0	.786	6.188	3.667	11
Taylor Shafer	C	2	16.0	8	3	3	0	.786	6.188	5.500	6
Jim Donnelly	C	1	9.0	5	1	2	0	.750	6.000	6.000	3
Pat Sullivan	C	1	7.0	2	1	2	0	.600	3.857	3.000	0
Milt Whitehead	C	1	6.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	6.000	4.000	0
Charlie Cady	C	1	6.0	2	1	2	0	.600	4.500	3.000	4
Taylor Shafer	OF	41	368.0	51	12	19	0	.768	1.541	1.537	0
Willis Wyman	OF	25	247.0	41	11	18	3	.743	1.895	2.080	0
Barney McLaughlin	OF	24	211.0	21	11	10	4	.762	1.365	1.333	0
Bob Black	OF	19	150.0	25	4	8	0	.784	1.740	1.526	0
Harry Wheeler	OF	13	133.0	29	1	9	0	.769	2.030	2.308	0
Harry Decker	OF	16	117.0	20	6	6	1	.813	2.000	1.625	0
Jim Cudworth	OF	12	92.0	25	2	1	1	.964	2.641	2.250	0
Joe Strauss	OF	10	87.0	18	2	4	0	.833	2.069	2.000	0
Kid Baldwin	OF	10	84.0	19	3	2	0	.917	2.357	2.200	0
Pat Sullivan	OF	9	72.0	14	3	2	0	.895	2.125	1.889	0
Peek-A-Boo Veach	OF	14	71.0	12	3	3	1	.833	1.901	1.071	0
Frank McLaughlin	OF	10	66.0	11	1	4	1	.750	1.636	1.200	0
Charlie Berry	OF	8	63.0	14	3	1	0	.944	2.429	2.125	0
Henry Oberbeck	OF	7	56.0	16	0	0	0	1.000	2.571	2.286	0
Alex Voss	OF	8	53.0	11	2	2	1	.867	2.208	1.625	0
Jack Gorman	OF	4	38.0	9	1	0	1	1.000	2.368	2.500	0
Wills	OF	5	34.0	5	2	0	0	1.000	1.853	1.400	0
Ernie Hickman	OF	3	27.0	5	1	3	1	.667	2.000	2.000	0
Matthew Porter	OF	3	26.0	4	2	2	1	.750	2.077	2.000	0
Harry Luff	OF	4	15.0	2	0	2	0	.500	1.200	.500	0
Joe Connors	OF	2	15.0	4	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	2.500	0
Al Dwight	OF	1	14.0	1	0	2	0	.333	.643	1.000	0
Bill Dugan	OF	3	14.0	2	0	3	0	.400	1.286	.667	0
Dick Blaisdell	OF	1	14.0	2	0	1	0	.667	1.286	2.000	0
John Kirby	OF	1	11.0	1	0	2	0	.333	.818	1.000	0
Thomas Gorman	OF	1	11.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.455	3.000	0
Joe Ellick	OF	1	8.0	1	0	1	0	.500	1.125	1.000	0
Ted Sullivan	OF	2	6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	.500	0
Jim Chatterton	OF	2	6.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	.500	0
Doug Crothers	OF	1	4.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Jersey Bakley	OF	3	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Nin Alexander	OF	2	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Emmett Seery	OF	1	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Frank Kreeger	OF	1	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Ernie Hickman	P	17	137.0	7	31	12	0	.760	2.496	2.235	0
Bob Black	P	16	123.0	16	29	4	2	.918	3.293	2.813	0
Peek-A-Boo Veach	P	12	104.0	6	25	3	3	.912	2.683	2.583	0
Alex Voss	P	7	53.0	3	15	2	1	.900	3.057	2.571	0
Barney McLaughlin	P	7	49.0	4	12	3	1	.842	2.939	2.286	0
Jersey Bakley	P	5	33.0	0	4	3	1	.571	1.091	.800	0
Henry Oberbeck	P	6	30.0	1	6	2	0	.778	2.100	1.167	0
Dick Blaisdell	P	3	26.0	1	5	3	0	.667	2.077	2.000	0
Doug Crothers	P	3	25.0	0	6	5	0	.545	2.160	2.000	0
Willis Wyman	P	3	21.0	1	3	2	0	.667	1.714	1.333	0
Bill Hutchison	P	2	17.0	1	12	0	0	1.000	6.882	6.500	0
Jim Cudworth	P	2	17.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.059	1.000	0
Joe Connors	P	2	12.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.750	.500	0
John Kirby	P	2	11.0	1	6	1	0	.875	5.727	3.500	0
Frank McLaughlin	P	2	10.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Harry Wheeler	P	1	8.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.375	3.000	0
Frank Foreman	P	1	8.0	6	3	1	0	.900	1.125	9.000	0
Pat Sullivan	P	1	7.0	0	1	1	0	.500	1.286	1.000	0
Frank Kreeger	P	1	7.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.571	2.000	0
Jim Chatterton	P	1	5.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.600	2.000	0
Clarence Cross	SS	24	203.0	15	92	21	3	.836	4.744	4.458	0
Lou Say	SS	16	151.0	25	67	15	3	.860	5.483	5.750	0
Jerry Turbidy	SS	13	131.0	24	54	16	4	.830	5.359	6.000	0
John Deasley	SS	13	89.0	13	32	9	4	.833	4.551	3.462	0
Frank McLaughlin	SS	5	39.0	4	14	5	1	.783	4.154	3.600	0
Ed Callahan	SS	3	24.0	1	11	3	1	.800	4.500	4.000	0
Barney McLaughlin	SS	2	18.0	3	7	2	0	.833	5.000	5.000	0
Nin Alexander	SS	2	18.0	4	7	1	0	.917	5.500	5.500	0
Ted Sullivan	SS	1	10.0	0	3	4	0	.429	2.700	3.000	0
Bob Black	SS	1	9.0	0	2	4	0	.333	2.000	2.000	0
Milt Whitehead	SS	1	6.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	4.500	3.000	0
Charlie Fisher	SS	1	5.0	0	2	1	0	.667	3.600	2.000	0
Taylor Shafer	SS	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Totals		796	6352.0	2107	1102	520	114	.861	4.547	4.031	125

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