- 1884 season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster
- Player stats Batting Starters by position Other batters Pitching Starting pitchers Other pitchers
- References and external links
The Kansas City Cowboys (also Unions and Kaycees) were a baseball team in the Union Association during its only season, {{by|1884}}. Referred to as the "Cowboys" mostly by historians, they had no official nickname during their short life and were most frequently referred to by local press of the day as the "Unions" and by the press of other cities as the "Kaycees". They were the first professional baseball team to represent Kansas City as well as the city's first major league team. They began play as a replacement for the Altoona Mountain City, which collapsed in May, and played out the remainder of the season. Despite a 16-63 (.203 WL percentage) finish, the franchise was one of only two (the St. Louis club being the other) in the league to make a profit. In contemporary newspaper reports, the team had Altoona's record (6-19) combined with their own and were considered to have finished last in an eight-team league. The Unions disbanded shortly after the Union Association voted to dissolve. 1884 season Season standings {{1884 Union Association standings|highlight=Kansas City Cowboys}} Record vs. opponents {{1884 Union Association Record vs. opponents|team=KC}} Roster | 1884 Kansas City Cowboys |
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| Roster | Pitchers- {{MLBplayer||Jersey Bakely}}
- {{MLBplayer||Dick Blaisdell}}
- {{MLBplayer||Doug Crothers}}
- {{MLBplayer||Frank Foreman}}
- {{MLBplayer||Ernie Hickman}}
- {{MLBplayer||Bill Hutchinson}}
- {{MLBplayer||John Kirby}}
Catchers- {{MLBplayer||Nin Alexander}}
- {{MLBplayer||Kid Baldwin}}
- {{MLBplayer||Charlie Cady}}
- {{MLBplayer||Al Dwight}}
| | Infielders- {{MLBplayer||Charlie Bastian}}
- {{MLBplayer||Charlie Berry}}
- {{MLBplayer||Ed Callahan}}
- {{MLBplayer||Clarence Cross}}
- {{MLBplayer||Jim Cudworth}}
- {{MLBplayer||Jumbo Davis}}
- {{MLBplayer||John Deasley}}
- {{MLBplayer||Jim Donnelly}}
- {{MLBplayer||Joe Ellick}}
- {{MLBplayer||Charlie Fisher}}
- {{MLBplayer||Jack Gorman}}
- {{MLBplayer||Henry Luff}}
- {{MLBplayer||Frank McLaughlin}}
- {{MLBplayer||Billy O'Brien}}
- {{MLBplayer||Henry Oberbeck}}
- {{MLBplayer||Jimmy Say}}
- {{MLBplayer||Lou Say}}
- {{MLBplayer||George Strief}}
- {{MLBplayer||Pat Sullivan}}
- {{MLBplayer||Jerry Sweeney}}
- {{MLBplayer||Jerry Turbidy}}
- {{MLBplayer||Milt Whitehead}}
| | Outfielders- {{MLBplayer||Bob Black}}
- {{MLBplayer||Jim Chatterton}}
- {{MLBplayer||Joe Connors}}
- {{MLBplayer||Harry Decker}}
- {{MLBplayer||Bill Dugan}}
- {{MLBplayer||Frank Kreeger}}
- {{MLBplayer||Barney McLaughlin}}
- {{MLBplayer||Matthew Porter}}
- {{MLBplayer||Emmett Seery}}
- {{MLBplayer||Taylor Shafer}}
- {{MLBplayer||Joe Strauss}}
- {{MLBplayer||Ted Sullivan}}
- {{MLBplayer||Peek-A-Boo Veach}}
- {{MLBplayer||Alex Voss}}
- {{MLBplayer||Harry Wheeler}}
- {{MLBplayer||Wills}}
- {{MLBplayer||Willis Wyman}}
| | Manager- {{MLBplayer||Matthew Porter}}
- {{MLBplayer||Ted Sullivan}}
- {{MLBplayer||Harry Wheeler}}
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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 |
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| 3B | Pat|Sullivan|Pat Sullivan (third baseman)}} | 31 | 114 | 22 | .193 | 0 | | OF | Barney|McLaughlin}} | 42 | 162 | 37 | .228 | 0 | | OF | Willis |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 |
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| Bob|Black|Bob Black (baseball)}} | 38 | 146 | 36 | .247 | 1 | | Frank|McLaughlin|Frank McLaughlin (baseball)}} | 32 | 123 | 28 | .228 | 1 | | Peek-A-Boo|Veach}} | 27 | 82 | 11 | .134 | 1 | | Harry|Wheeler}} | 14 | 62 | 16 | .258 | 0 | | Alex|Voss}} | 14 | 45 | 4 | .089 | 0 | | James|Donnelly|James Donnelly (baseball)}} | 6 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | | Matthew|Porter|Matthew Porter (baseball)}} | 3 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | | Ted|Sullivan|Ted Sullivan (baseball)}} | 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 |
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| Ernie|Hickman}} | 17 | 137.1 | 4 | 13 | 4.52 | 68 | | Bob|Black|Bob Black (baseball)}} | 16 | 123 | 4 | 9 | 3.22 | 93 | | Peek-A-Boo|Veach}} | 12 | 104 | 3 | 9 | 2.42 | 62 | | Alex|Voss}} | 7 | 53 | 0 | 6 | 4.25 | 17 | | Jersey|Bakely}} | 5 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 2.45 | 13 | | Dick|Blaisdell}} | 3 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 8.65 | 8 | | Doug|Crothers}} | 3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1.80 | 11 | | Bill|Hutchinson|Bill Hutchinson (baseball)}} | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2.65 | 5 | | Harry|Wheeler}} | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 6 | | Frank|Foreman}} | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5.63 | 5 | | Pat|Sullivan|Pat Sullivan (third baseman)}} | 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 |
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| Barney|McLaughlin}} | 7 | 48.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.36 | 14 | | Willis|Wyman}} | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6.86 | 9 | | Frank|McLaughlin|Frank McLaughlin (baseball)}} | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |
References and external links- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCU/ 1884 Cowboys] at Baseball Reference
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