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1884 Kansas City Cowboys (Franchise Encyclopedia: )
16-63, Finished 11th in Union Association
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Scored 311 runs, Allowed 618 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 18-61
Managed by Harry Wheeler, Matthew Porter, and Ted Sullivan

Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 87, Pitching - 92
  (one-year): Batting - 87, Pitching - 92
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Kid Baldwin         19   50  191   19   37   6  3   0        4       .194  .210  .257   0                           66
1B ?Jerry Sweeney       24   31  129   16   34   3  0   0        4       .264  .286  .287   0                          105
2B  Charlie Berry       23   29  118   15   29   6  1   1        1       .246  .252  .339   0                          109
3B ?Pat Sullivan        23   31  114   15   22   3  1   0        4       .193  .220  .237   0                           63
SS ?Clarence Cross      28   25   93   13   20   1  0   0        6       .215  .263  .226   0                           76
OF ?Taylor Shafer       17   44  164   18   28   3  2   0       15       .171  .240  .213   0                           63
OF ?Frank Wyman         22   30  124   16   27   4  0   0        3       .218  .236  .250   0                           74
OF  Barney McLaughlin   27   42  162   15   37   7  3   0        9       .228  .269  .309   0                          106
   ?Bob Black           21   38  146   25   36  14  2   1       10       .247  .295  .390   0                          143
    Frank McLaughlin    28   32  123   17   28  11  0   1        9       .228  .280  .341   0                          121
    Jim Cudworth        25   32  116    7   17   3  1   0        2       .147  .161  .190   0                           25
   *Thomas Gorman            25  106   22   34   5  1   0        4       .321  .345  .387   0                          161
   ?Henry Oberbeck      26   27   90    7   17   3  0   0        7       .189  .247  .222   0                           69
   ?Peek-A-Boo Veach    22   27   82    9   11   1  0   1        9       .134  .220  .183   0                           45
    Harry Decker        19   23   75    8   10   2  0   0        5       .133  .188  .160   0                           25
    Lou Say             30   17   70    6   14   2  0   1        2       .200  .222  .271   0                           76
    Nin Alexander       25   19   65    2    9   0  0   0        1       .138  .152  .138   0                            4
    Harry Wheeler       26   14   62   11   16   1  0   0        3       .258  .292  .274   0                          103
    Joe Strauss         25   16   60    4   12   3  0   0        1       .200  .213  .250   0                           65
    George Strief       27   15   56    5    6   5  0   0        4       .107  .167  .196   0                           29
   ?Jerry Turbidy       31   13   49    5   11   4  0   0        3       .224  .269  .306   0                          105
    Charlie Bastian     23   11   46    6    9   3  0   1        4       .196  .260  .326   0                          108
    Alex Voss           26   14   45    1    4   0  0   0        0       .089  .089  .089   0                          -36
   ?Al Dwight           28   12   43    8   10   2  0   0        2       .233  .267  .279   0                           95
   ?John Deasley        23   13   40    3    7   2  0   0        2       .175  .214  .225   0                           57
   *Charles Fisher      32   10   40    3    8   2  0   0        0       .200  .200  .250   0                           60
   ?Jack Gorman         25    8   31    3    4   0  1   0        0       .129  .129  .194   0                           14
   *Jumbo Davis         22    7   29    3    6   0  0   0        0       .207  .207  .207   0                           48
    Jim Donnelly        18    6   23    2    3   1  0   0        1       .130  .167  .174   0                           22
   #Milt Whitehead      22    5   22    2    3   0  0   0        0       .136  .136  .136   0                           -2
   ?Wills                     5   21    2    3   1  0   0        0       .143  .143  .190   0                           18
   ?Henry Luff          27    5   19    0    1   0  0   0        1       .053  .100  .053   0                          -44
    Billy O'Brien       24    4   17    2    4   0  0   0        0       .235  .235  .235   0                           69
   ?Jim Chatterton      19    4   15    4    2   1  0   0        2       .133  .235  .200   0                           57
   ?Matthew Porter            3   12    1    1   1  0   0        0       .083  .083  .167   0                          -13
   ?Ed Callahan         26    3   11    0    4   0  0   0        0       .364  .364  .364   0                          161
   ?Joe Connors               3   11    2    1   0  0   0        1       .091  .167  .091   0                           -6
   ?Ted Sullivan        33    3    9    0    3   0  0   0        1       .333  .400  .333   0                          165
   ?Joe Ellick          30    2    8    0    0   0  0   0        0       .000  .000  .000   0                         -100
   ?Jimmy Say           22    2    8    0    2   0  0   0        0       .250  .250  .250   0                           79
   ?Bill Dugan          20    3    6    0    0   0  0   0        0       .000  .000  .000   0                         -100
   *Emmett Seery        23    1    4    2    2   1  0   0        1       .500  .600  .750   0                          380
   ?Charlie Cady        18    2    3    0    0   0  0   0        0       .000  .000  .000   0                         -100
   ?Frank Kreeger             1    3    0    0   0  0   0        0       .000  .000  .000   0                         -100

   ?Ernie Hickman       28   19   72    4   12   1  0   0        1       .167  .178  .181   0                           28
    Jersey Bakely       20    6   20    3    3   1  0   0        1       .150  .190  .200   0                           40
   ?Dick Blaisdell      22    4   16    1    5   1  0   0        0       .313  .313  .375   0                          145
    Doug Crothers       24    4   15    2    2   0  0   0        0       .133  .133  .133   0                           -4
    Bill Hutchison      24    2    8    1    2   0  0   0        0       .250  .250  .250   0                           79
   ?John Kirby          19    2    7    1    1   0  0   0        0       .143  .143  .143   0                            2
   *Frank Foreman       21    1    3    0    0   0  0   0        0       .000  .000  .000   0                         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 23.9   82 2802  311  557 104 15   6      123  529  .199  .232  .253                               75
    Rank among 12 UA teams         7    8    8   8  8   7        5    5    10    10    10                            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP ?Ernie Hickman       28  17   4.52   4  13  0  17   0  15   0  137.3  172  146   69   5   36   68        0      0      62
SP  Bob Black           21  16   3.22   4   9  0  15   1  13   0  123.0  127   79   44   1   17   93        0      0      87
SP ?Peek-A-Boo Veach    22  12   2.42   3   9  0  12   0  12   0  104.0   95   57   28   1   10   62        0      0     115
SP  Alex Voss           26   7   4.25   0   6  0   6   1   6   0   53.0   74   45   25   2    7   17        0      0      66
SP  Jersey Bakely       20   5   2.45   2   3  0   5   0   3   0   33.0   29   16    9   0    4   13        0      0     114


    Barney McLaughlin   27   7   5.36   1   3  0   4   3   4   0   48.7   62   44   29   2   15   14        0      0      52
   ?Henry Oberbeck      26   6   5.76   0   5  0   4   2   3   0   29.7   47   35   19   0    3    6        0      0      49
   ?Dick Blaisdell      22   3   8.65   0   3  0   3   0   3   0   26.0   49   39   25   0    4    8        0      0      32
    Doug Crothers       24   3   1.80   1   2  0   3   0   3   0   25.0   26   15    5   0    6   11        0      0     155
   ?Frank Wyman         22   3   6.86   0   1  0   1   2   1   0   21.0   37   29   16   0    3    9        0      0      41
    Jim Cudworth        25   2   4.24   0   0  0   1   1   1   0   17.0   19   16    8   1    3    6        0      0      66
    Bill Hutchison      24   2   2.65   1   1  0   2   0   2   0   17.0   14   11    5   0    1    5        0      0     106
   ?Joe Connors              2   4.50   0   1  0   1   1   1   0   12.0   24   14    6   1    0    1        0      0      62
    John Kirby          19   2   4.09   0   1  0   2   0   1   0   11.0   13   10    5   0    2    1        0      0      68
    Frank McLaughlin    28   2   5.40   0   0  0   1   1   0   0   10.0   15   12    6   0    2    3        0      0      52
   *Frank Foreman       21   1   5.63   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    8.0   17   12    5   0    2    5        0      0      50
    Harry Wheeler       26   1   1.13   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    8.0    7    6    1   0    0    6        0      0     249
   ?Frank Kreeger            1   0.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    7.0    9    8    0   0    5    3        0      0        
    Pat Sullivan        23   1  11.57   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    7.0   15   17    9   1    5    1        0      0      24
   ?Jim Chatterton      19   1   3.60   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    5.0   11    7    2   0    2    2        0      0      78
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 23.9  82   4.06  16  63  0  82  12  70   0  702.0  862  618  317  14  127  334        0      0      69
    Rank among 12 UA teams         10   8   2  4           7  10      7    9   10        8    9    7
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- KBaldwin 44 199 86 37 4 .885 41 NAlexander 17 72 35 11 0 .907 32 HDecker 11 53 12 4 2 .942 16 ADwight 10 44 17 3 2 .953 12 JStrauss 3 6 5 3 0 .786 11 TShafer 2 8 3 3 0 .786 6 CCady 1 2 1 2 0 .600 4 JDonnelly 1 5 1 2 0 .750 3 PSullivan 1 2 1 2 0 .600 0 MWhitehead 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 82 395 161 67 8 .892 125 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .950 10.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JSweeney 31 304 14 14 15 .958 10.26 TGorman 24 264 4 13 7 .954 11.17 JCudworth 19 176 6 7 9 .963 9.58 HOberbeck 3 28 1 1 0 .967 9.67 FWyman 3 26 0 2 0 .929 8.67 JChatterton 2 24 1 2 2 .926 12.50 BO'Brien 1 17 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 PVeach 1 15 0 0 0 1.000 15.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 82 854 27 39 33 .958 11.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .869 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CBerry 22 63 55 15 6 .887 5.36 GStrief 15 56 52 12 9 .900 7.20 BMcLaughlin 12 30 19 9 3 .845 4.08 CBastian 11 28 29 3 3 .950 5.18 FMcLaughlin 10 23 27 9 2 .847 5.00 BBlack 6 17 15 4 2 .889 5.33 MWhitehead 3 2 10 2 0 .857 4.00 JStrauss 2 5 7 3 1 .800 6.00 KBaldwin 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 CCady 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 ADwight 1 3 5 1 0 .889 8.00 JEllick 1 4 3 2 0 .778 7.00 LSay 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 TShafer 1 3 1 1 0 .800 4.00 PVeach 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 82 238 227 63 26 .881 5.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .777 2.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSullivan 21 31 35 20 5 .767 3.14 HOberbeck 15 26 39 14 2 .823 4.33 CFisher 9 10 22 13 0 .711 3.56 FMcLaughlin 9 17 8 12 0 .676 2.78 JDavis 7 5 14 11 0 .633 2.71 JDonnelly 5 8 7 13 0 .536 3.00 JGorman 4 7 4 8 0 .579 2.75 HLuff 4 3 5 10 0 .444 2.00 BO'Brien 3 1 9 4 0 .714 3.33 FWyman 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.67 JSay 2 0 1 4 0 .200 0.50 KBaldwin 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 CBerry 1 2 2 2 2 .667 4.00 CCross 1 0 2 5 0 .286 2.00 EHickman 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TShafer 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JStrauss 1 2 3 4 0 .556 5.00 MWhitehead 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 82 113 157 122 10 .689 3.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .816 3.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCross 24 15 92 21 3 .836 4.46 LSay 16 25 67 15 3 .860 5.75 JDeasley 13 13 32 9 4 .833 3.46 JTurbidy 13 24 54 16 4 .830 6.00 FMcLaughlin 5 4 14 5 1 .783 3.60 ECallahan 3 1 11 3 1 .800 4.00 NAlexander 2 4 7 1 0 .917 5.50 BMcLaughlin 2 3 7 2 0 .833 5.00 BBlack 1 0 2 4 0 .333 2.00 CFisher 1 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 TShafer 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TSullivan 1 0 3 4 0 .429 3.00 MWhitehead 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 82 89 294 81 16 .825 4.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .816 1.47 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TShafer 41 51 12 19 0 .768 1.54 0 0 41 FWyman 25 41 11 18 3 .743 2.08 13 11 0 BMcLaughlin 24 21 11 10 4 .762 1.33 4 3 17 BBlack 19 25 4 8 0 .784 1.53 5 7 7 HDecker 16 20 6 6 1 .812 1.62 6 4 6 PVeach 14 12 3 3 1 .833 1.07 11 2 1 HWheeler 13 29 1 9 0 .769 2.31 12 0 1 JCudworth 12 25 2 1 1 .964 2.25 0 12 0 KBaldwin 10 19 3 2 0 .917 2.20 8 2 0 FMcLaughlin 10 11 1 4 1 .750 1.20 2 6 2 JStrauss 10 18 2 4 0 .833 2.00 8 2 0 PSullivan 9 14 3 2 0 .895 1.89 1 8 0 CBerry 8 14 3 1 0 .944 2.12 1 7 0 AVoss 8 11 2 2 1 .867 1.62 5 3 0 HOberbeck 7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 3 3 1 Wills 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 5 0 JGorman 4 9 1 0 1 1.000 2.50 4 0 0 HLuff 4 2 0 2 0 .500 0.50 3 1 1 JBakely 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 2 BDugan 3 2 0 3 0 .400 0.67 1 2 0 EHickman 3 5 1 3 1 .667 2.00 1 2 0 MPorter 3 4 2 2 1 .750 2.00 0 3 0 NAlexander 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 2 0 JChatterton 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 2 JConnors 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 2 0 TSullivan 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 2 DBlaisdell 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 0 0 1 DCrothers 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 ADwight 1 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00 0 1 0 JEllick 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 0 0 1 TGorman 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 JKirby 1 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00 1 0 0 FKreeger 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 ESeery 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 82 367 71 106 15 .805 1.87 82 82 82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .844 2.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EHickman 17 7 31 12 0 .760 2.49 BBlack 16 16 29 4 2 .918 3.29 PVeach 12 6 25 3 3 .912 2.68 AVoss 7 3 15 2 1 .900 3.06 BMcLaughlin 7 4 12 3 1 .842 2.96 JBakely 5 0 4 3 1 .571 1.09 HOberbeck 6 1 6 2 0 .778 2.12 DBlaisdell 3 1 5 3 0 .667 2.08 DCrothers 3 0 6 5 0 .545 2.16 FWyman 3 1 3 2 0 .667 1.71 BHutchison 2 1 12 0 0 1.000 6.88 JCudworth 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.06 JConnors 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 JKirby 2 1 6 1 0 .875 5.73 FMcLaughlin 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FForeman 1 6 3 1 0 .900 10.12 HWheeler 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 FKreeger 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 PSullivan 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.29 JChatterton 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 82 51 164 42 8 .837 2.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Games Baldwin 50

At Bats Baldwin 191

Plate Appearances (approx.) Baldwin 195

Runs Black 25

Hits Baldwin and McLaughlin 37

Total Bases Black 57

Doubles Black 14

Triples Baldwin and McLaughlin 3

Home Runs Bastian, Berry, Black, McLaughlin, and Say 1

Bases on Balls Shafer 15

Singles Sweeney 31

Runs Created Black 17

Adjusted Batting Runs Black 9

Batting Wins Black 1.0

Extra-Base Hits Black 17

Times on Base Black and McLaughlin 46

Outs Baldwin 154

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Black 3.22

Wins Black and Hickman 4

Won-Loss % Black .308

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Black 1.171

Hits Allowed/9IP Black 9.29

Bases on Balls/9IP Black 1.24

Strikeouts/9IP Black 6.80

Games Hickman 17

Innings Hickman 137.3

Strikeouts Black 93

Games Started Hickman 17

Comp. Games Hickman 15

Home Runs Allow. Hickman 5

Bases On Balls Allow. Hickman 36

Hits Allowed Hickman 172

SO to Walk Black 5.47

Losses Hickman 13

Earned Runs Allow. Hickman 69

Games Finished McLaughlin 3

Adjusted ERA+ Black 87

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