Kansas City Cowboys (Union Association)
The Kansas City Cowboys (also Unions and Kaycees) were a baseball team in the Union Association during its only season, 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.
Contents
1 1884 season
1.1 Season standings
1.2 Record vs. opponents
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 References and external links
1884 season
Season standings
Union Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Louis Maroons | 94 | 19 | 0.832 | — | 49–6 | 45–13 |
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds | 69 | 36 | 0.657 | 21 | 35–17 | 34–19 |
Baltimore Monumentals | 58 | 47 | 0.552 | 32 | 29–21 | 29–26 |
Boston Reds | 58 | 51 | 0.532 | 34 | 34–22 | 24–29 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 36 | 8–4 | 0–1 |
St. Paul Saints | 2 | 6 | 0.250 | 39½ | 0–0 | 2–6 |
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies | 41 | 50 | 0.451 | 42 | 21–19 | 20–31 |
Altoona Mountain Citys | 6 | 19 | 0.240 | 44 | 6–12 | 0–7 |
Wilmington Quicksteps | 2 | 16 | 0.111 | 44½ | 1–6 | 1–10 |
Washington Nationals (UA) | 47 | 65 | 0.420 | 46½ | 36–27 | 11–38 |
Philadelphia Keystones | 21 | 46 | 0.313 | 50 | 14–21 | 7–25 |
Kansas City Cowboys | 16 | 63 | 0.203 | 61 | 11–23 | 5–40 |
Record vs. opponents
1884 Union Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ALT | BAL | BOS | CHI/PIT | CIN | KC | MIL | PHI | STL | STP | WSH | WIL | |||||
Altoona | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–8 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Baltimore | 3–1 | — | 10–5–1 | 7–5 | 4–10 | 10–2 | 1–3 | 10–2 | 1–14 | 0–0 | 11–5 | 1–0 | |||||
Boston | 1–1 | 5–10–1 | — | 4–8–1 | 5–11 | 8–4 | 2–2 | 8–3 | 8–8 | 0–0 | 12–4 | 5–0 | |||||
Chicago/Pittsburgh | 0–0 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | — | 7–8 | 12–4 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 2–14 | 0–0 | 4–8–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Cincinnati | 3–0 | 10–4 | 11–5 | 8–7 | — | 9–1 | 0–0 | 9–0 | 4–12 | 3–0 | 10–6 | 2–1 | |||||
Kansas City | 0–0 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–12 | 1–9 | — | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–11–1 | 1–1–1 | 4–8–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Milwaukee | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Philadelphia | 3–1 | 2–10 | 3–8 | 5–3 | 0–9 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–8 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 0–0 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–0 | 14–1 | 8–8 | 14–2 | 12–4 | 11–0–1 | 0–0 | 8–0 | — | 2–1 | 13–3 | 4–0 | |||||
St. Paul | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||
Washington | 1–3 | 5–11 | 4–12 | 8–4–1 | 6–10 | 8–4–1 | 1–3 | 7–4 | 3–13 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | |||||
Wilmington | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — | |||||
Roster
| 1884 Kansas City Cowboys | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
Catchers
| Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3B | Pat Sullivan | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Black | 38 | 146 | 36 | .247 | 1 |
| Frank McLaughlin | 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 | 6 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 |
| Matthew Porter | 3 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 |
| Ted 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Hickman | 17 | 137.1 | 4 | 13 | 4.52 | 68 |
| Bob Black | 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 | 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barney McLaughlin | 7 | 48.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.36 | 14 |
| Willis Wyman | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6.86 | 9 |
| Frank McLaughlin | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |
References and external links
1884 Cowboys at Baseball Reference
