1884 Kansas City Cowboys

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16-63, Finished 11th in Union Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Wheeler (0-4), Matthew Porter (3-13) and Ted Sullivan (13-46)
Scored 311 runs, Allowed 618 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 18-61

Ballparks: Athletic Park ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 87, Pitching - 92 · one-year: Batting - 87, Pitching - 92

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Team Roster & Games By Position

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Nin Alexander	25	R	R	5' 4"	163	Nov 24, 1858	1st	19		19		0	17	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2			-0.7
Jersey Bakley	20	R	R	5' 8"	170	Apr 17, 1864	2	6		6		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3			0.6
Kid Baldwin	19	R	R	5' 6"	147	Nov 1, 1864	1st	50		50		0	44	0	1	1	0	8	2	0	10			0.0
Charlie Bastian	26	R	R	5' 6"	145	Mar, 1858	1st	11		11		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Charlie Berry	23	R	R	5' 11"	175	Sep 6, 1860	1st	29		29		0	0	0	22	1	0	1	7	0	8			-0.4
Bob Black	21		R	5' 5"	155	Dec 10, 1862	1st	38		38		16	0	0	6	0	1	5	7	7	19			0.9
Dick Blaisdell	22					Jun 18, 1862	1st	4		4		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			-1.9
Charlie Cady	19			5' 11"	180	Dec 22, 1864	2	2		2		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Ed Callahan	26					Dec 11, 1857	1st	3		3		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0			0.0
Jim Chatterton	19					Oct 14, 1864	1st	4		4		1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2			-0.4
Joe Connors	22					1862	1st	3		3		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2			-0.6
Clarence Cross	28			5' 7"	178	Mar 4, 1856	1st	25		25		0	0	0	0	1	24	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Doug Crothers	24	R	R	5' 9"	140	Nov 16, 1859	1st	4		4		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			0.1
Jim Cudworth	25	R	R	6' 0"	165	Aug 22, 1858	1st	32		32		2	0	19	0	0	0	0	12	0	12			-1.3
Jumbo Davis	22	L	R	5' 11"	195	Sep 5, 1861	1st	7		7		0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0			-0.4
John Deasley	23					Jan, 1861	1st	13		13		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Harry Decker	19	R	R	5' 11"	180	Sep 3, 1864	1st	23		23		0	11	0	0	0	0	6	4	6	16			-0.3
Jim Donnelly	17					Jan 6, 1867	1st	6		6		0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dugan	20					1864	1st	3		3		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3			-0.1
Al Dwight	28					Jan 4, 1856	1st	12		12		0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1			0.2
Joe Ellick	30			5' 10"	162	Apr 3, 1854	4	2		2		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1			-0.3
Charlie Fisher	32	L	R	5' 8"	143	Mar 10, 1852	1st	10		10		0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Frank Foreman	21	L	L	6' 0"	160	May 1, 1863	1st	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.7
Jack Gorman	25		R			1859	2	8		8		0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	4			-0.4
Thomas Gorman		L	L			Unknown	1st	25		25		0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			0.1
Ernie Hickman	28					1856	1st	19		19		17	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3			-4.9
Bill Hutchinson	24	R	R	5' 9"	175	Dec 17, 1859	1st	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
John Kirby	19		R	5' 8"	172	Jan 13, 1865	1st	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			-0.3
Frank Kreeger						Unknown	1st	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			-0.4
Henry Luff	31			5' 11"	175	Sep 14, 1852	4	5		5		0	0	0	0	4	0	3	1	1	4			-0.5
Barney McLaughlin	22	R	R	5' 8"	163	1862	1st	42		42		7	0	0	12	0	2	4	3	17	24			-1.6
Frank McLaughlin	27	R	R	5' 9"	160	1857	3	32		32		2	0	0	10	9	5	2	6	2	10			-1.3
Billy O'Brien	24	R	R	6' 0"	185	Mar 14, 1860	1st	4		4		0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Henry Oberbeck	26					May 17, 1858	2	27		27		6	0	3	0	15	0	3	3	1	7			-1.7
Matthew Porter	25					1859	1st	3		3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3			-0.1
Jimmy Say	22					1862	2	2		2		0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Lou Say	30	R	R	5' 7"	145	Feb 4, 1854	7	17		17		0	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Emmett Seery	23	L	R	5' 7"	145	Feb 13, 1861	1st	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			0.1
Taylor Shafer	17	L		5' 7"	155	Jul 13, 1866	1st	44		44		0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	41	41			-1.1
Joe Strauss	25	R	R	5' 9"	175	Nov 16, 1858	1st	16		16		0	3	0	2	1	0	8	2	0	10			-0.8
George Strief	27	R	R	5' 7"	172	Oct 16, 1856	4	15		15		0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.7
Pat Sullivan	23		R	5' 11"	165	May, 1861	1st	31		31		1	1	0	0	21	0	1	8	0	9			-2.0
Ted Sullivan	33					1851	1st	3		3		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2			-0.1
Jerry Sweeney	26			5' 9"	157	Sep 4, 1857	1st	31		31		0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.4
Jerry Turbidy	31	R	R	5' 8"	165	Jul 4, 1852	1st	13		13		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Peek-A-Boo Veach	22			6' 0"	175	Jun 15, 1862	1st	27		27		12	0	1	1	0	0	11	2	1	14			1.1
Alex Voss	26	R	R	6' 1"	180	May 16, 1858	1st	14		14		7	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	8			-1.1
Harry Wheeler	26	R	R	5' 11"	165	Mar 3, 1858	6	14		14		1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	13			-0.1
Milt Whitehead	22	B	R	5' 8"		1862	1st	5		5		0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Wills						Unknown	1st	5		5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5			-0.2
Frank Wyman	22					May 10, 1862	1st	30		30		3	0	3	0	3	0	13	11	0	25			-1.9
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR

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